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Merge with Twitter?[edit]

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The result of this discussion was to Merge to Twitter. The info is already in place there. I'm redirecting to Twitter#t.co, which is anchored to the 'URL shortener' section there. -- Trevj (talk) 12:55, 10 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to add some more references and info to this page to flesh it out a bit for now as the subject is notable, but I'm not sure if it merits its own page? Gavint0 (talk) 19:48, 4 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, no need its own page. Tbhotch^Talk ^C. 18:03, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, I'm not even sure this deserves a section in the twitter article, let alone its own article. But yeah, merging seems fine to me. Rm999 (talk) 20:12, 9 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Not enough content for a stand-alone page. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 09:08, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, doesn't need it's own page. ForeverDusk (talk) 06:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, no need of a separate article RahulChoudhary 06:51, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, It's quite right to put it in a little section on the main Twitter wiki page, and redirect to there from here. I'll be happy to do it, if needed. JeevanJones (talk) 17:04, 3 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support, no need for an article of its own. 89.146.10.196 (talk) 11:38, 8 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed merge text[edit]

t.co[edit]

In 2010, Twitter created a URL shortening service called t.co^[1] which is currently only available for links posted to Twitter and not available for general use.^[1] Eventually all links posted to Twitter will use a t.co wrapper.^[2] Twitter hopes that the service will be able to protect users from malicious sites,^[1] and will use it to track clicks on links within tweets.^[1]^[3]

Having previously used the services of third parties TinyURL and bit.ly,^[4] Twitter began experimenting with its own URL shortening service for direct messages in March 2010 using the twt.tl domain,^[2] before it purchased the t.co domain. The service is being tested on the main site using the accounts @TwitterAPI, @rsarver and @raffi.^[2]

On 2 September 2010 an email from Twitter to users said they would be expanding the roll-out of the service to users.^[3]

— Bryan Burgers (talk) 15:05, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "About Twitter's Link Service (http://t.co)". Retrieved 2010-09-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Twitter Blog: Links and Twitter: Length Shouldn't Matter". Retrieved 2010-09-03.
^ ^a ^b "Twitter tightens grip on own firehose". Retrieved 2010-09-03.
^ "Twitter Switches From TinyURL To Bit.ly". Retrieved 2010-09-05.

[twitterhelpshort-1] "About Twitter's Link Service (http://t.co)". Retrieved 2010-09-03.

[twitterblog-2] "Twitter Blog: Links and Twitter: Length Shouldn't Matter". Retrieved 2010-09-03.

[register-3] "Twitter tightens grip on own firehose". Retrieved 2010-09-03.

[0-4] "Twitter Switches From TinyURL To Bit.ly". Retrieved 2010-09-05.

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