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new to tweeting urls. help!
how do I paste a url into a tweet and get that tinyurl prefix?
I’m unsure
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Inappropriate?Paste the URL and twitter makes it a tiny url automatically. I think. -
Inappropriate?Paste the URL into the What are you doing? box and Twitter makes it a TinyURL if the URL is longer than 30 characters (or 40 - see mdy's reply). However, make sure that your tweet is still 140 characters or less with the original link. If it isn't, go to TinyURL yourself - or some other service like xrl.us or rly.cc/s/ - and shorten the link before pasting it into your tweet.
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Inappropriate?The rule is a max of 30 characters. Details from the FAQ here...
http://help.twitter.com/index.php?pg=...
Does Twitter allow html in web updates?
No. We escape all html for security purposes. However, if you paste in a link that is less than 30 characters, we'll post it in its entirety. If it's longer than 30 characters, we'll convert it to a tiny URL.
Why does Twitter use tiny URL?
Tiny is tidy! Tiny URL takes long, ugly, 30+ characters links with an obscene amount of punctuation, such as ? or &, and converts them to slim, trim, tidy, pretty, Twitter links that mesh well with our 140 character limit.
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