Why Doesn’t Retweet.com Use Its Own URL Shortener?

retweetcom.jpgEver since digging slightly around the retweet.com debacle I discovered the rt.nu URL Shortener. A great domain and most of all a really short URL. Perfect for Twitter you would think. So why doesn’t Retweet.com use its own shorturl service? Nothing more than a quick look at the service’s popular links is needed to understand why.

Retweet.com Shorturl service rt.nu

‘Slightly’ spammy to say the least (click the image for full-size view). So much for a really buggy (and rather slow) copycat service.

retweet.com's rather buggy

If this is what to expect from Mesiab Labs there is no competition for Tweetmeme yet.

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