Re[2]: Redirectors.pm vs DecodeShortURLs.pm

On Fri, 22 May 2026, Kent Oyer wrote:

> If we merge these plugins, we might lose the ability to detect whether a link is "shortener" or a "redirector".

Can we get those terms defined for how they are being used here?

My mental model is:

"shortener" - like tinyurl and t.co, you have to retrieve the (typically 
short) link to see what the true target is.

"redirector" - true target is embedded as a parameter in the URL and can 
be extracted without a HTTP request.

Is that what we're discussing here?


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