Craig Elimeliah

Will Twitter's twt.tl URL shortener kneecap competitors? (Download Squad)

Mar 17th 2010 5:00PM If Twitter tells folks that they should not trust links that are not encoded with the Twitle URL shortener its an end game for all the TinyURL services out there, however, how will that work across multiple social networks? Twitter will risk its friendly reputation if they implement this. I am tired of Open Source companies who start out OPEN then learn a ton of stuff from developers building on their platforms then steal those ideas and integrate them into the core application. Its wrong, its unethical and its going to completely destroy the open source model. Open source is based on trust and a community like environment where everyone can benefit. Twitter has been great so far but this would be a step in the wrong direction.