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  2. URL shortening - Wikipedia

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    On Twitter and some instant messaging services, there is a limit to the number of characters a message can carry – however, Twitter now shortens links automatically using its own URL shortening service, t.co, so there is no need to use a separate URL shortening service just to shorten URLs in a tweet. On other such services, using a URL ...

  3. TinyURL - Wikipedia

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    For each URL entered, the server adds a new alias in its hashed database and returns a short URL. According to the website, the shortened URLs will never expire. TinyURL offers an API which allows applications to automatically create short URLs. [2] Short URL aliases are seen as useful because they are easier to write down, remember or distribute.

  4. Bitly - Wikipedia

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    The Bitly URL shortening service became popular on Twitter after it became the default URL shortening service on the website on May 6, 2009. [5] It was subsequently replaced by Twitter's own t.co service. [6] The company behind Bitly launched a similar service, but for online videos, to determine what videos are the most popular on the web. [7]

  5. List of Twitter features - Wikipedia

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    Despite Jack Dorsey's own open contention that a message on Twitter is "a short burst of inconsequential information", social networking researcher Danah Boyd responded to the Pear Analytics survey by arguing that what the Pear researchers labeled "pointless babble" is better characterized as "social grooming" or "peripheral awareness" (which ...

  6. Twitter - Wikipedia

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    Despite Jack Dorsey's own open contention that a message on Twitter is "a short burst of inconsequential information", social networking researcher danah boyd responded to the Pear Analytics survey by arguing that what the Pear researchers labeled "pointless babble" is better characterized as "social grooming" or "peripheral awareness" (which ...

  7. Tweet (social media) - Wikipedia

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    A tweet is a short status update on the social networking site Twitter (officially known as X since 2023) which can include images, videos, GIFs, straw polls, hashtags, mentions, and hyperlinks. Around 80% of all tweets are made by 10% of users, averaging 138 tweets per month, with the median user making only two tweets per month.

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    Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!

  9. URL redirection - Wikipedia

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    Recently, URL redirection services have taken to using AJAX as an efficient, user friendly method for creating shortened URLs. A major drawback of some URL redirection services is the use of delay pages, or frame based advertising, to generate revenue.