=== modified file 'gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py'
--- gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py	2012-03-20 16:31:03 +0000
+++ gwibber/microblog/dispatcher.py	2012-03-25 09:32:00 +0000
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@
     
     service = gsettings.get_string("urlshorter") or "is.gd"
     logger.info("Shortening URL %s with %s", url, service)
-    if self.IsShort(url): return url
+    if self.IsShort(url) or not gsettings.get_boolean("shorten-urls"): return url
     try:
       s = urlshorter.PROTOCOLS[service].URLShorter()
       return s.short(url)