Gwibber

  1. Bug #546556
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Comment 1 for bug 546556

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote : Re: [Bug 546556] [NEW] Links Truncated

On 03/24/2010 09:20 PM, kb2jaq wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> I recieved a tweet that had a bit.ly link in it... The link was
> shortened by a few characters ( ... ) but when clicking on the link in
> gwibber... It sent me to the shortened address.
>
> Here is the tweet as viewed at twitter.com:
> NHL Devils
> N.J. Devil is the only @NHL mascot left in ESPN's Mascot Madness - please RT and vote if you love hockey. http://bit.ly/aIChT2
>
> But viewed in gwibber the end of the link was shortened to http://bit.ly/a
> Which took me to apple.com.
>
> Pete
>
> ** Affects: gwibber
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New
>
 Could it have happened when copy and pasted on the blog? (not sure if
that is a person or a bot type thing)

  status incomplete

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