To illustrate the ridiculousness of unnecessary redirection + URL obfuscation, I piggybacked 22 URL shorteners to create the most epic URL path ever, to this very post. Here’s the convoluted path you took to get here:

http://digg.com/u12H9I

http://plurl.me/59r

http://eweri.com/K2A

http://hex.io/ruu

http://budurl.com/wdcr

http://idek.net/9NY

http://poprl.com/1tXp

http://kl.am/ahW

http://short.ie/4scbcy

http://tini.us/6ed

http://burnurl.com/SJhsDy

http://icanhaz.com/meoowwww

http://short.to/6zpi

http://bacn.me/47h

http://bit.ly/EqVY6

http://snurl.com/h8l4h

http://is.gd/wcJT

http://twurl.nl/4lyib4

http://tinyurl.com/clb5hl

http://cli.gs/QVjt9s

http://www.socuteurl.com/jellypiggies

http://ow.ly/4S0j

http://tr.im/kjDE

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It’s fun to see which links fail.

Stay tuned, I may keep adding to the list.