Why is Digg’s Kevin Rose using Tinyurl instead of Diggbar to link to Digg stories?

Posted in Digg | Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 | 5 Comments » Trackback

I just caught this tweet from Digg founder Kevin Rose:

kevin rose diggbar

Not only is Kevin using a Tinyurl link, but he’s using it to link to a Digg submission.

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5 Comments

  1. WWB Says:

    I’m going to guess it’s approximately the same reason why he used Twitter more than he used Pownce.

  2. Gordon Says:

    You do realize that Twitter has been known to automatically convert links to TinyURL links, right?

  3. Simon Says:

    Usually it’s only longer URLs that it converts and I’ve never seen it convert a digg url before.

  4. Darin Carter Says:

    I guess it depends on how long the digg url was …

  5. Vincent Gable Says:

    Twitter did it.

    I tried putting the naked URL:

    http://digg.com/comedy/We_Didn_t_Start_the_Flame_War_Music_Video

    a tweet, and it was shortened by twitter to exactly the tinyurl in that picture (http://tinyurl.com/cyubuy)

    Please, let’s not guess when it’s so easy to test.

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