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Ask HN: Are there any privacy-friendly URL shorteners?

2 points by Aoyagi ↗ HN
A quick web search turned up only with some shady or dysfunctional shorteners, is there something good out there I'm missing? Ideally with an easy API.

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madhouse
Why do you need an URL shortener to begin with? (See http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners for some great reasons against them)
Aoyagi
I need them only rarely for some super long links (and honestly I don't remember the last time I had to use one), but I need some to suggest them to people who simply feel the need to use them because reasons. And for IRC bots.
yen223
How about rolling your own? This seems like a fun weekend project.
Aoyagi
Sadly I'm too useless and without resources to do that.
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