You are reading a single comment by @Velocio and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@Velocio
Displayed short, but long URLs are fine.
Preferred over shorteners as those:
1) Obscure the end destination
2) Rely on a third party which may not always exist
3) Could actually change the destination (short URLs are not necessarily permanent URLs)
#1 bugs me because of Rick Rolling, and #3 bugs me because over long periods of time it breaks things. #2 has happened to a couple of providers though bit.ly is probably fine.