Comment on Ask HN: Review a simple URL un-shortening service.parentComments−j2d217yWhat made you decide to solve this problem? Did you encounter issues that this solved?−zavulon17yPersonally, I see value in it.If I get a shortened URL link from someone, and I'm at work, I would like to go to that site and see what that TinyURL really is before following the link−wlievens17yIt would work great with a firefox/whatever plugin that would show you this link as a tooltip, avoiding the copypaste grind
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What made you decide to solve this problem? Did you encounter issues that this solved?
Personally, I see value in it.
If I get a shortened URL link from someone, and I'm at work, I would like to go to that site and see what that TinyURL really is before following the link
It would work great with a firefox/whatever plugin that would show you this link as a tooltip, avoiding the copypaste grind