[wp-forums] Proposal: No URL shorteners?

[Joni Mueller]

I'm on a couple of groups that absolutely FORBID obfuscated links.  The reason: We should know in advance exactly what link we're clicking on and where it will take us. I agree wholeheartedly with that premise and I think that should trump any linky love someone derives from it. 

Joni Mueller
Pixelita Designs
http://www.pixelita.com
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Subject: [wp-forums] Proposal: No URL shorteners?

Not for all links, mind you, but like if you're telling someone 'read this article for help', can anyone come up with a reason why THAT url should be bit.ly'd?

The possibility for unethical spammy linking runs wild in my head...

I can get someone doing it to obfuscate their own URL, but even then, I can see Google parsing those via the api's anyway, so it still shows up with link juice from Twitter and other sites.