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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 17 Feb 2014

    Using a URL shorter is reaching the same level of annoyance as the nothing-added RT. Added chance of link failure for no gain.

    7:46 PM - 17 Feb 2014
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      1. Joe Schmitt‏ @josephschmitt 17 Feb 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent not only that, you lose any kind of context or information about the link you can glean before deciding whether to click on it

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      1. Rian van der Merwe‏Verified account @RianVDM 17 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent Agree. It’s link obfuscation, not link shortening.https://twitter.com/RianVDM/status/294390883799949313 …

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        Think it's time to stop using URL shorteners like bitly. Obfuscating destination domain makes it harder to decide if link is worth clicking.
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      1. Rob Wensing‏ @RobWensing 17 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent Yep, and there’s the worthless vanity URL shorteners.

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      2. Andrew Gertig‏ @gertig 17 Feb 2014
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        @monkbent I’m with you but its interesting how many people hate the value added RT. Feel that if you RT it should stand on its own.

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      3. Phillip Wong‏ @_phillipwong 17 Feb 2014
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        @gertig @monkbent That's my feeling 99% of the time. Most RT from ppl I see add no value but hijack the credit

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