This will be good for Bitcointalk official social media (e.g. twitter and youtube) since many people prefer shorter link, but I don't think people in this forum will using that because copy pasting is easier and quick.
Personally if I don't see this thread, I wouldn't expect bta.lk is short link from bitcointalk.org because people only know Bitcoin is btc. Probably you can improve the sites with the automatic convert from bitcointalk link to shorter link.
It seems the individual post with this link is working too https://bta.lk/t/2162.#msg28302
Topic: BTA.lk - Official unofficial Bitcointalk short links - page 2. (Read 795 times)
Bitcointalk links tend to be long and would sometimes prefer a shorter link, especially for sharing to Twitter, Reddit, etc.
How it works:
Here's a thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wall-observer-btcusd-bitcoin-price-movement-tracking-discussion-178336 -> https://bta.lk/topic/178336 (and /thread/ works too)
Even shorter:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wall-observer-btcusd-bitcoin-price-movement-tracking-discussion-178336 -> https://bta.lk/t/178336 (half the size)
How about a user?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/satoshi-3 > https://bta.lk/user/3 / https://bta.lk/u/3 (almost a third the size)
And of course, an individual post:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.28302 > https://bta.lk/thread/2162.msg28302#msg28302 / https://bta.lk/t/2162.msg28302#msg28302 (a third shorter but could be further optimized)
https://bta.lk
Such a service has been on my mind for a few years, but just recently found and got hold of a good domain for this.
Nothing is being logged, it's just redirected. Eg: bta.lk/path -> bitcointalk.org/path.
Sharing this to see if other people find it useful. If you do, let me know and might keep offering it.
Update: The domain's renewal has been paid in advance for the next 10 years, which is the maximum amount of time you could pay in advance.
How it works:
Here's a thread:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wall-observer-btcusd-bitcoin-price-movement-tracking-discussion-178336 -> https://bta.lk/topic/178336 (and /thread/ works too)
Even shorter:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/wall-observer-btcusd-bitcoin-price-movement-tracking-discussion-178336 -> https://bta.lk/t/178336 (half the size)
How about a user?
https://bitcointalksearch.org/user/satoshi-3 > https://bta.lk/user/3 / https://bta.lk/u/3 (almost a third the size)
And of course, an individual post:
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.28302 > https://bta.lk/thread/2162.msg28302#msg28302 / https://bta.lk/t/2162.msg28302#msg28302 (a third shorter but could be further optimized)
https://bta.lk
Such a service has been on my mind for a few years, but just recently found and got hold of a good domain for this.
Nothing is being logged, it's just redirected. Eg: bta.lk/path -> bitcointalk.org/path.
Sharing this to see if other people find it useful. If you do, let me know and might keep offering it.
Update: The domain's renewal has been paid in advance for the next 10 years, which is the maximum amount of time you could pay in advance.
Jump to: