It was useful way back but idr why? Like copying and pasting was always a thing, I think it was commonly used in yt videos with piracy links and they werent in the description.
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SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month agoThere are sometimes reason to use it. It’s shorter, so easier to remember. It’s also easier to send in text. I use a selfhosted shortener, so I can use these as dynamic links and can change the target if I need to while keeping the shortlink the same. But I agree that most don’t use it for respectable reasons.
Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 1 month ago
PopeRigby@beehaw.org 1 month ago
It’s useful if you want someone to copy a URL from a physical medium, so they don’t have to copy a huge URL.
RobotZap10000@feddit.nl 1 month ago
I remember seeing a zero width shortener, which uses invisible characters to encode your link.