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Jingles _@jingles.dev 2 years ago
Introducing w3.do A free URL shortener service enabled by the NOSTR protocol, that is fast and fuss-free. Try it: https://w3.do/ updated: - new domain - improve UX and UI special thanks: - domain sponsor - @The Fishcake (nostr.build) - designs feedback - @Niel Liesmons GitHub:
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A free URL shortener service enabled by the NOSTR protocol, that is fast and fuss-free, stripped of all bells and whistles, no gimmicks—it just w...
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brito brito@nostr.pt 2 years ago
The reason why we avoid short URLs is knowing they will be broken after two years, often even less than that. Since you are using nostr, the chance that the short URLs can be backup to some relay is high. How can the short URLs keep working even when your domain goes down one day? Thanks.
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Jingles _@jingles.dev 2 years ago
How can URL keep working even if w3.do is down one day? The same reason how your nostr accounts, followers and notes can persist even if iris or Damus or amethyst is down. As long as the relays contains the data, it’s persist. W3.do is just a client.
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Jingles _@jingles.dev 2 years ago
3 day old product. Got nothing except what you see on the site now. Anything is possible for future plans.
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Jingles _@jingles.dev 2 years ago
Oh @Gigi I am glad to finally got your attention. Like a love sick poor soul waiting for one message from his crush.
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Jingles _@jingles.dev 2 years ago
So, about the “linked you your pub key”.. there is anonymous way and (just deployed) the “link to pubkey” way. If you tested it just now, it’s using the anonymous method, where it’s signed by this random key that I created.
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npub12a77...rdyd 2 years ago
If it works outside of nostr, it’s good advertising for nostr itself
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jascha jascha@relayable.org 2 years ago
About as much as nostrnests and similar. It is actually a minefield of spammers and much worse. Only benefit is I have a great IP blacklist out of it. Now with this, will be on relays as opposed to a DB.
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daniele _@dtonon.com 2 years ago
Nice domain! Suggestions: * Slow the domain after the shortlink creation for reference * Add a way to create a new link without reloading * As already said, deterministic shortlinks are a better option (they also reduce the possibility of a collision)
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daniele _@dtonon.com 2 years ago
Convalidation. After the generation you can double check that the domain is correct. A little more text improves the design too, imho. Ex. "nostr.com has been shortened to:". Another thing: I would not use the same input element for user input and place to put the result; it is a UX useful when there are space constraints, here you have a lot of room and you can keep the input on the bottom for the next conversion.
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