@feditips @whalecoiner Link-shortener & proxy URLs are mystery meat. They track you. They inject a middleman between you and what you’re hoping to see/read. They slow down the web. Over time, they disappear, breaking connections.
Bitly, tco, AppleNews, Flipboard, whatever … No thanks, I don’t care what it is, if it’s a link-shortener or proxy URL, I scroll on by.