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Enlisting in the Fight Against Link Rot


Google is killing a decade of its shortened links. Will you enlist in the fight against link rot?

*Curb theme plays* Now, I know I’m framing this as a completely unforseen outcome, a surprise betrayal, but the truth is that folks knew this would happen from the get-go. Despair not if you don’t meet that description but desire to join the club, it’s also pretty easy to do by pointing and clicking. I’m not going to lie, I am more than a little bit motivated by the fact that I am above the median of individuals who’ve backed up goo.gl URLs (as judged by the position of the scroll bar when I Ctrl+F jszym).

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