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Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Ryan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:54:11 -0000

Forget all the drama, just make your own URL shortener with WordPress and PrettyLink. Then you're in charge of your own links and can prevent rot or delete URLs as necessary. If everyone did this then we'd have a massively distributed database that wouldn't have a single point of failure, like tr.im or bit.ly. Here's my link back to this article: http://ryaniam.com/5m2

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

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Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Seika — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:55:58 -0000

Like stukes’ comment, there are peoples who would just casually use the shortener then forget it. They might not even realize if there’s stats for the short url, or how to use it.
Is this a majority or minority, average people or high-profiled, I don’t know.
I only use bit.ly actively for posting in company’s Twitter, and that’s for the marketing folks’ data anyway.

But if I had something I’d like to just share and leave, I’ll just post the real link to Twitter and let it handle the rest (use bit.ly ?). As long as the redirect work for now. So choice is not really a concern.
Except maybe… Twitter give a ballot screen the first time the user need URL shortened.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

NielDLR — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:20:20 -0000

I would like Twitter or any service to be as open as possible concerning link shorteners. Twitter should give us an option when they shorten urls. Being "biased" against one service creates a monopoly.
I also use is.gd when I don't feed items. However, Bit.ly is very reliable that's why I use it for my feeds. However, an option on Twitter, just like twitterfeed.com is using, will benefit the URL shortening market.
I welcome the open source movement by tr.im

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

DaveA — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:56:41 -0000

Sounds like someone is a sore loser. The owner of Tr.im should wipes his eyes, re-apply his makeup and come up with a more original way to make himself some money.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Premier League News — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:59:46 -0000

its a great move brother
u rock ... now a lot of kid's like me .. will try using ur code to innovate and comeup wid another ShortURL DOT COM ;-)

and 10K is like dirty offer ... it is no good ... just this domain name shuld fetch a lot more ...

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

ncus — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:01:15 -0000

Agree, I do the same. I have stopped using Nambu client after Tr.im shutdown. My tweet mostly are link sharing, and I don't want my tweet link become 404 in the future.

Tr.im attitude is like a junior student, because his friend has better bags and had more friend and also teacher's favorite.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

TwBugg — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:48:38 -0000

i personally didnt favor one over the other until tr.im started making abrupt decisions with little warning. as others feel, i care more about the stability of my links. bit.ly it is from here on.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

adamsonx — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:08:31 -0000

Open source, woot!

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Jason — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:48:54 -0000

If the Isle of Mann sinks we're all doomed! In the Real-Time web who cares weather or not my link still resolves a month from now? BTW http://u.nu rules!

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Guest — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:35:11 -0000

I had to try bit.ly when tr.im was down but bit.ly is just worse in terms of features, usability and stat.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

SuperGarth — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:59:51 -0000

trim is doomed regardless.
but so is bit.ly...

who cares about this

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

amsoell — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:58:51 -0000

I agree, I've never liked Bit.ly and was a loyal Tr.im user... but when they shut down with out any warning and started bitching about Bit.ly, I've moved completely over to Bit.ly. Twitter politics aside, I just want to stick with the company that's not going to disappear on me.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

personne — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:43:47 -0000

URL shortners are a stupid idea. Going open source is interesting, but ultimately takes away people's privacy.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Eric Geller — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:39:16 -0000

Unbelievable. This is just sad! Tr.im, give up. Not only are you not doing well as a service, but you're not even doing well in terms of public relations. Bit.ly is dominating and you are just jealous. Go big or go home. If you're gonna throw a hissy fit, type it out on Twitter and then press the backspace key a whole heck of a lot, because *nobody* cares!

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Walter Beazy — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:32:07 -0000

I don't understand what the big deal is. So what twitter uses bit.ly, you can still use whatever other one you want anyway.
Also why bash twitter, isn't twitter the whole reason for the demand in URL shorteners. Tell what else causes such a high demand of short url's.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

kawika — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:30:15 -0000

@stukes, many people don't want to "forget about" their links. Some wants stats. Others want bookmarks. And a few want to measure results for companies, clients or themselves. In a "Link Economy," URL shorteners are like receipts.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

TWlTTERLOGOS.com — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:27:06 -0000

They are making this out to be way bigger than it really is...I am starting a new one skm.balz

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Sam Jaictin — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:25:49 -0000

"Bit.ly and Twitter have monopolized the market and are the ones creating the URL shortening crisis."

Of course a lot of people don't know about URL shortener they just keep on updating and twitter uses bit.ly or maybe owns bit.ly? sooooon?

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Mike — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:22:28 -0000

I see tons of other URL shorteners starting up once the source code goes open source. Not that it is hard to create one to begin with.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Joshua Novak — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:12:17 -0000

Bit.ly and Twitter haven't made a monopoly because you are still able to use other url shorteners if you want.

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

stukes — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:11:38 -0000

i dont know if its just me, but i dont see how bit.ly and tr.im are different. to the average person, all it does is make ur youtube video or G4 link shorter, then you forget about it. can some one explain to me why this is a big deal?

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Kim — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:07:17 -0000

As with many Web 2.0 Innovations, it will be interesting to see how this shift effects the umbrella of URL shorteners-- or how any of these businesses can stay afloat/prosper/make money in the long run. As for "destroying innovation" -- well doesn't that seem like a bit of a contradictory term? Doesn't innovation thrive in, and gain its definition from challenging circumstances-- and seemingly "unsolvable" problems?

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Leplan — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:06:52 -0000

InRev Systems have come up with a URL Shortening service called nxy.in which will work together with Buzzom Web and Buzzom Desktop.

We have built a business plan to benefit the users of nxy.in directly thro ad management service. User just needs to use Buzzom service to tweet to earn money.

I cannot write all the details here. our full fledged service for nxy.in will come within a month.

Buzzom.com is functional for Twitter Account Management, it will soon have Tweeting facility. Buzzom Desktop is the only Twitter Client with Spam control features which have hiding tweets like in Facebook. It is available at http://www.buzzom.com/Buzzo...

All the best for tr.im folks.

Bhupendra

Re: SHORTURL FEUD: Tr.im Slams Twitter and Bit.ly, Goes Open Source

Sachin Dharwadker — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:02:49 -0000

Tr.im is my favorite, but I'm using Bit.ly for now, until things settle down. You never know what's going to happen next.