[Freedombox-discuss] Diaspora Presence

[Jameson Rollins]

On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:36:03 -0500, James Vasile <james at hackervisions.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:14:21 -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg at fifthhorseman.net> wrote:
> > On 02/24/2011 04:00 PM, James Vasile wrote:
> > > To completely overload on social media, we've created a Diaspora account
> > > for the FreedomBox Foundation: http://bit.ly/fqkc4B
> > 
> > Speaking of freedom, can we generally discourage the use of URL
> > shorteners (yes, including those controlled by repressive regimes) on
> > this list?
> > 
> > Canonical URLs seem like the right thing for messages going into a
> > permanent archive, no?
> 
> Canonical URLs are preferable, but involve additional overhead.

Isn't there actually more overhead for everyone involved when using a
url shortener?

In any event, I also agree that it's probably not appropriate to be
using bit.ly on this list.  It's pretty antithetical to the entire point
of the project.

jamie.
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