Hi all,
On 11/10/2015 08:33 PM, Lord Drachenblut wrote:
> There is one reason for using ow.ly <
http://ow.ly> URL shortener and
> that is it allows the person posting via hootsuite to track engagement
> with a post. I would rather see a URL shortener that is fedora branded
> being used if possible.
This was the major point I was thinking of mentioning. Personally, I
feel like link shorteners are only necessary if they're being utilized
to collect statistics and metrics. Judging by the context of this
thread, do we know who has the keys to the Hootsuite? I feel like social
media engagement statistics are something that could be an invaluable
resource to gauging which of our social media posts are effective and
which ones aren't as engaged.
So, I am not aware of who holds the keys to Hootsuite, but for stats tracking
this would not be required.
If we would just use t.co, Wordpress statistics that we have should see the
items coming in just fine through the http referrer header.
If this *is* already happening, then the above paragraph can be
disregarded. In the case that statistics and metrics are being tracked,
I personally vote to abstain from using link shorteners except where
information about engagements and interactions are actually being utilized.
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Cheers,
Justin W. Flory
jflory7(a)gmail.com
With kind regards,
Patrick Uiterwijk
Fedora Infra