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Why do people use TinyURL?
« on: November 04, 2005, 10:21:05 am »
Just curious to know why people go to TinyURL to encode their long URL's instead of justusing smf code for it.

It isn't obvious in the UI but you can do it within your post and not have to go to TinyURL.

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[URL=http://MYLONGASSURLGOESINHEREBECAUSEIDONTWANTTOOPENANOTHERBROWSERTOHAVETOENCODEMYLONGAMAZON.COMOREBAYADDRESS]Tiny Text[/URL]
Looks like this:

Tiny Text

Just curious is all.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2005, 10:22:48 am »
it's better for e-mails and stuff.  you know sometimes really long URLs get cut off and when  you click them they only register half the URL?

I don't know why people use it here.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2005, 10:27:37 am »
I don't think everyone knows that little trick.  I didn't know it when I first started posting here, but picked it up somewhere along the way.  If thats the case, I am sure your post will enlighten some.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2005, 10:32:15 am »
Just curious to know why people go to TinyURL to encode their long URL's instead of justusing smf code for it.

It isn't obvious in the UI but you can do it within your post and not have to go to TinyURL.

Code: [Select]
[URL=http://MYLONGASSURLGOESINHEREBECAUSEIDONTWANTTOOPENANOTHERBROWSERTOHAVETOENCODEMYLONGAMAZON.COMOREBAYADDRESS]Tiny Text[/URL]
Looks like this:

Tiny Text

Just curious is all.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2005, 10:34:22 am »
The main reason people use it here it to disguise the link. Usually it's to trick you into clicking a link that you wouldn't have otherwise. A lot of sick dasies here. ;)

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2005, 10:42:00 am »
it's better for e-mails and stuff.  you know sometimes really long URLs get cut off and when  you click them they only register half the URL?
So does the smf code, especially if the link for some reason has @ or odd characters in it.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #6 on: November 04, 2005, 10:50:56 am »
The main reason people use it here it to disguise the link. Usually it's to trick you into clicking a link that you wouldn't have otherwise. A lot of sick dasies here. ;)

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That's it.

I mean, who would ever click on a link that contained the words "huge ass zit?"

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #7 on: November 04, 2005, 10:53:31 am »
I use TinyURL mostly out of habit.

I post at various other boards that do actually require the use of such a service.





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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #8 on: November 04, 2005, 11:09:04 am »
I use the code like Jabba showed

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #9 on: November 04, 2005, 01:02:44 pm »
The main reason people use it here it to disguise the link. Usually it's to trick you into clicking a link that you wouldn't have otherwise. A lot of sick dasies here. ;)

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Edit by saint - don't *do* that. Link changed to something friendlier

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #10 on: November 04, 2005, 01:08:33 pm »
Lovely Cheesecake



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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #11 on: November 04, 2005, 01:15:05 pm »
Sometimes you're limited to the amount of characters you can use, like in your signature for example. A huge URL would use up all your sig, even more so if your hyperlinking it to some text. With a TinyURL you can use all those extra characters for bacon flavoured cheesecake and such and such.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #12 on: November 04, 2005, 01:23:58 pm »
The main reason people use it here it to disguise the link. Usually it's to trick you into clicking a link that you wouldn't have otherwise. A lot of sick dasies here. ;)

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Lovely Cheesecake



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Crap that's nasty.
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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #13 on: November 04, 2005, 01:26:09 pm »
The main reason people use it here it to disguise the link. Usually it's to trick you into clicking a link that you wouldn't have otherwise. A lot of sick dasies here. ;)

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Crap that's nasty.  Almost as nasty as I am stupid for clicking it.


Anyone posting a link like that needs his head examined.  >:(
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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #14 on: November 04, 2005, 01:48:37 pm »
omg thats so oldschool, and still disgusting
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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #15 on: November 04, 2005, 01:59:13 pm »
I'm so proud of myself for not clicking that link.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #16 on: November 04, 2005, 02:09:28 pm »
I was tricked into clicking that link and I didn't want to suffer through that alone so....

Sorry guys. :-\

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #17 on: November 04, 2005, 05:22:55 pm »
what was it?
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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #18 on: November 04, 2005, 05:26:16 pm »
hehe

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
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what was it?

It was an old man gay threesome.
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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #20 on: November 04, 2005, 05:35:45 pm »
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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #21 on: November 04, 2005, 09:34:21 pm »
Just curious to know why people go to TinyURL to encode their long URL's instead of justusing smf code for it.

It isn't obvious in the UI but you can do it within your post and not have to go to TinyURL.

Code: [Select]
[URL=http://MYLONGASSURLGOESINHEREBECAUSEIDONTWANTTOOPENANOTHERBROWSERTOHAVETOENCODEMYLONGAMAZON.COMOREBAYADDRESS]Tiny Text[/URL]
Looks like this:

Tiny Text

Just curious is all.

Those folks that don't understand that making a link that widens your browser page to some ungodly width and requires a side-scroll aren't the ones who are using TinyURL.  If they can understand one thing, they certainly can understand the other, and vice versa.

In my case, I'll give you the top reason.  Firefox extensions.

Firefoxeseseses (did I spell that right?) TinyURL extension makes a simple right click on the page I want to link to pop up the little options menu and I don't have to do anything other than select "create TinyURL" and copy it.

It all depends on if I'm feeling DK-slack that particular day, or Stingray-slackTM.  If it's the latter, there's no telling how it'll end up being posted. 

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #22 on: November 05, 2005, 12:24:22 am »


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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #23 on: November 05, 2005, 12:59:14 am »
Screw tinylink.  Me post link, you click link.  If you not get link, me not care you not get link.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #25 on: November 05, 2005, 10:53:32 am »
Screw tinylink.  Me post link, you click link.  If you not get link, me not care you not get link.

You post ungodly long way too wide-causing link, nobody like links you post.  People not like you soon enough.  NOBODY read thread post you.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #26 on: November 05, 2005, 06:24:07 pm »
Screw tinylink.  Me post link, you click link.  If you not get link, me not care you not get link.

You post ungodly long way too wide-causing link, nobody like links you post.  People not like you soon enough.  NOBODY read thread post you.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #27 on: November 07, 2005, 11:26:08 am »

It all depends on if I'm feeling DK-slack that particular day, or Stingray-slackTM.  If it's the latter, there's no telling how it'll end up being posted. 



I usually post something like, "Oh man, I saw something cool online the other day, you know the site I'm talking about". No linking required.

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #28 on: November 07, 2005, 01:21:23 pm »
I thought saint already removed that link.
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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #29 on: November 07, 2005, 02:01:45 pm »
He's a saint  :angel:
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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #30 on: November 07, 2005, 02:05:58 pm »
I thought saint already removed that link.

If it was worth looking at, he probably did. ;)

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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #31 on: November 07, 2005, 02:07:35 pm »
Added it to his already impressive gay old man collection  ;D
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Re: Why do people use TinyURL?
« Reply #32 on: November 07, 2005, 02:19:10 pm »
Always room for one more.

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