Digg URL Hack
Ok, so, I have to preface this by saying I love all the Betaworks folks, and many props to @kortina for a great service. But, I was very impressed by the URL hack in the Digg URL shortening tool when I saw it today. Want to shorten a URL? Just go up to the location bar and type “http://digg.com/” in front of your current URL, and it will instantly redirect to a shortened version on the spot. No need to visit another domain. No plugin/extension required. It’s lame how Digg wraps the page with their toolbar, and if it gets popular it will reek havoc with third-party tracking service metrics. But, the URL hack to instantly create a shortened version of the URL is really cool.
That said, I still think URL shorteners are evil. A necessary evil so long as we’re all communicating in 140 characters.
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