 StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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Re: Analyzing Security Implications of URL Shortening Services I refuse to click on TinyURL or other shorted links. Unless I can (easily) see the real URL I don't click.
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 JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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kudos:2 | ^ This.
There is no reason for obfuscated URL's as they normal truncate anyway.
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I don't either, unless I know were it's going. Not hard to find out, if I really want to go there.
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 Name GamePremium
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kudos:7 | reply to Juggernaut
The Reason For the 160 Character Text Message and 140 Character Twitter Length Limits
»socialtimes.com/the-reason-for-t···ts_b3909
It is a social media thing that will be around for a long time.
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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kudos:2 | Thanks for the info, as it's quite interesting. I'm not a Twithead, and don't do social media. As per a previous thread, I'm a terrorist or other malcontent it seems. 
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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Name GamePremium
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kudos:7 | reply to Juggernaut
Twitter outage caused by human error, domain briefly yanked
CNET has learned a Twitter outage that left millions of users fuming when they couldn't click on links came from an unlikely source: a "phishing complaint" sent to an Australian firm.
»news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-575281···-yanked/
Twitter taken down by Down Under
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeG-hNXXy6I
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said by Juggernaut:Thanks for the info, as it's quite interesting. I'm not a Twithead, and don't do social media. As per a previous thread, I'm a terrorist or other malcontent it seems.
What about subscribing to RSS feeds? Or email lists? How about having a forum email you? Do those things make someone a twit?
You don't have to tweet to be on twitter. Use it like a 140 character RSS feed for things that are interesting. I follow a few comedians, sports networks, Wired and news mostly, but not a single person I actually know. I can scroll through the feed on my phone on the way to the bathroom, stay up to date and waste minimal time.
Twitter is a tool and like most tools, there are many ways to effectively use it.
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said by StuartMW:I refuse to click on TinyURL or other shorted links. Unless I can (easily) see the real URL I don't click.
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To me it is just another proxy to go through, and if you prefer direct connections and no proxies, well, why would you?
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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kudos:2 | reply to wapu
said by wapu:What about subscribing to RSS feeds? Or email lists? How about having a forum email you? Do those things make someone a twit? Aren't you taking this a tad personally? BTW, I said Twithead.
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Name GamePremium
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kudos:7 | reply to wapu
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kudos:2 | Visiting us soon? |
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Mele20Premium
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kudos:4 | reply to wapu
But why do you care? You are a twithead no matter how you receive tweets. It is a profoundly stupid way to waste time IMO. I "waste" my time coming to this site.  At least, I learn important things here about computer security, privacy issues, etc. Twitter consists of people with inflated egos who actually think others want to know when they had their last bowel movement. As for technical folks on Twitter, I prefer to wait until they are able to put their thoughts into a coherent blog or forum post, etc. not some dumb ass tweet that is artificially limited as to the length of the tweet.
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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| said by Mele20:Twitter consists of people with inflated egos who actually think others want to know when they had their last bowel movement.
+1
FB (and similar) have the same problem.
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Name GamePremium
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kudos:7 | reply to Mele20
Why do you care what wapu cares ? Can you do the fox-trot ?
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Mele20Premium
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kudos:4 | I guess somehow you are out of touch with reality. You didn't know there are a lot of so called "celebrities" (read trashy types) on Twitter and that they all have gigantic egos? Gee.
As to the fox trot...I don't know if I can recall those steps. Used to be a whiz at ballroom dancing of all kinds...but sciatica takes its toll as I age.
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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| said by Mele20:You didn't know there are a lot of so called "celebrities" (read trashy types) on Twitter and that they all have gigantic egos? I've always wondered why people listen to celebrities about anything (twitter or otherwise). However they do. Evidently famous people are intellectually superior to the rest of us. Then again maybe not.
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JuggernautIrreverent or irrelevant?Premium
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kudos:2 | No, they just have people tweet for them. It connects with the masses, and keeps those $$$ rolling in.
"OMG, they're a regular person too!" comes to mind. There are a few that do very good things though.
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StuartMWWho Is John Galt?Premium
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kudos:2 | LOL. In that case I'll have "my people" follow "their people's" tweets
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