2009AUG100949
Roach Motels (tr.im announces shutdown)
"... I've done a lot of building on the tr.im url-shortener, as have quite a few other developers. They just announced that they're shutting down. It's not clear what the timeframe is and how long we have to transition. Nor is it clear what will happen with all the tr.im urls that are already out there, will they break, and if so, when? ..." [0]
The loss of link information could have been avoided if tr.im let users have accounts. With those accounts a supplied RSS feed with every url you submitted plus the shortened version and associated meta-data. You should join a service because it offers you the right to leave with your own data if you want. Simon Phipps (@webmink) proposed this idea in his article "Freedom to leave". ~ blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/freedom_to_leave It's an important concept to consider for developers and users alike.
The fact user data is not being offered sucks.
a bit later
"... I'm pretty sure I have all the data in my database here. The problem is that I don't have a way of redirecting from the tr.im domain to some other domain. If I did, I could probably fix any breakage caused by them going away. ...
Didn't think of that. You have the data but it's not really that useful without the re-direction. I wonder if tr.im would sell the domain name?
Facebook is also a Roach motel.
Reference
[0] Dave Winer, Scripting News, "tr.im announces shutdown"
[Accessed Monday 10th August, 2009]
www.scripting.com/stories/2009/08/09/trimAnnouncesShutdow...
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2009AUG100949
Roach Motels (tr.im announces shutdown)
"... I've done a lot of building on the tr.im url-shortener, as have quite a few other developers. They just announced that they're shutting down. It's not clear what the timeframe is and how long we have to transition. Nor is it clear what will happen with all the tr.im urls that are already out there, will they break, and if so, when? ..." [0]
The loss of link information could have been avoided if tr.im let users have accounts. With those accounts a supplied RSS feed with every url you submitted plus the shortened version and associated meta-data. You should join a service because it offers you the right to leave with your own data if you want. Simon Phipps (@webmink) proposed this idea in his article "Freedom to leave". ~ blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/freedom_to_leave It's an important concept to consider for developers and users alike.
The fact user data is not being offered sucks.
a bit later
"... I'm pretty sure I have all the data in my database here. The problem is that I don't have a way of redirecting from the tr.im domain to some other domain. If I did, I could probably fix any breakage caused by them going away. ...
Didn't think of that. You have the data but it's not really that useful without the re-direction. I wonder if tr.im would sell the domain name?
Facebook is also a Roach motel.
Reference
[0] Dave Winer, Scripting News, "tr.im announces shutdown"
[Accessed Monday 10th August, 2009]
www.scripting.com/stories/2009/08/09/trimAnnouncesShutdow...
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