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posted by Newbs (Fri Jul 16 10, 11:03PM)
You can do what I do, if you want. Create a subdomain on your account, something like t.flickfilosopher.com, and then use the database to redirect all requests from there via the articles database id number. It wouldn't take more than an hour or two to code in PHP, using htaccess to redirect, so something like http://t.flickfilosopher.com/256 would auto-redirect to something like http://t.flickfilosopher.com/redirect.php?article=256 which would then redirect to this page with a little bit of php/mysql magic.
It isn't as short as bit.ly, of course, but you wouldn't have to rely on them either. Just a thought!
posted by MaryAnn (Fri Jul 16 10, 11:13PM)
Apart from the fact that I don't use PHP at this site and don't have anything like the necessary coding expertise to pull off such a feat, it's Twitterfeed that uses bit.ly, and Twitterfeed is automated, which means I don't have to hand-post each and every posting here at both Facebook and Twitter.
There might be a way to tell Twitterfeed to use a different shortening service. The issue is with Facebook. It needs to figure out a way to prevent this kind of thing from happening if it wants to remain useful to many, many users.
posted by Keith (Fri Jul 16 10, 11:13PM)
Worst..technical..glitch..week..ever :(
Can you try another URL shortener? You can also report the problem to FaceBook. Maybe they can help.
posted by Newbs (Fri Jul 16 10, 11:13PM)
You can do what I do, if you want. Create a subdomain on your account, something like t.flickfilosopher.com, and then use the database to redirect all requests from there via the articles database id number. It wouldn't take more than an hour or two to code in PHP, using htaccess to redirect, so something like http://t.flickfilosopher.com/256 would auto-redirect to flickfilosopher.com/redirect.php?article=256 which would then redirect to this page with a little bit of php/mysql magic.
It isn't as short as bit.ly, of course, but you wouldn't have to rely on them either. Just a thought!
posted by Newbs (Fri Jul 16 10, 11:14PM)
Oh, wow. It didn't accept my post at first, so I fixed it. Feel free to delete the 2nd one and this one. :)
posted by PaulW (Fri Jul 16 10, 11:39PM)
You have no choice.
You must declare war on Facebook.
Only then can you achieve victory.
posted by Lisa (Sat Jul 17 10, 9:16AM)
when you're Queen of the Internet - this is the shit you have to put up with!
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Jul 17 10, 10:25AM)
I did report it. We'll see what, if anything, happens.
posted by MaryAnn (Sat Jul 17 10, 10:26AM)
Just an FYI, Newbs: When someone submits a legit comment that the system thinks is spam -- such as a comment with a bunch of URLs -- you should see a notice alerting you that I'll check it out and manually publish it. Did you not get that message?