Comments on: How TinyURL changed my browsing experience

By: Tech Channel Roundup From Wishes to X-rays

Tech Channel Roundup From Wishes to X-rays — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:10:11 +0000

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By: Sravan

Sravan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:30:05 +0000

TinyURL is a perfect way to spread spam. On the other hand, it is also a perfect guise to opening porn accidentally.

By: XR

XR — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:16:14 +0000

The other thing you can do is create a subdomain of your own domain and then cname it to xr.com

Then at http://www.xr.com, you put your subdomain as a replacement for xr.com and then you’ve got your own tiny url service, but running on your own domain. So, people trust your link since it’s running on your domain and they’re more likely to click on the link.

By: alcarcalimo

alcarcalimo — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:37:24 +0000

Accidental TinyURL clicking? If you think that the site you’re going to is a site full of Caucasian blondes coming from Quezon City who want to meet with you NOW, then I suggest you close down the tab/window immediately.

Besides that, I’m pretty much clueless. LOLZ!

By: Jayvee Fernandez

Jayvee Fernandez — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:29:51 +0000

agreed! is there still a way to guard against it in case you clicked?

(open dns?)

By: alcarcalimo

alcarcalimo — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:25:29 +0000

TinyURL may also mask sites that you’d NEVER go to: porn sites, sites with trojan viruses, etc.

It all basically falls into trust. For example, Youtube’s sxephil places tinyurl links to the stories/news he’s vlogging about.