Re: Use of Link shorteners on Twitter

Hi all, > On 11/10/2015 08:33 PM, Lord Drachenblut wrote: >> There is one reason for using ow.ly <http://ow.ly> URL shortener and >> that is it allows the person posting via hootsuite to track engagement >> with a post. I would rather see a URL shortener that is fedora branded >> being used if possible. > > This was the major point I was thinking of mentioning. Personally, I > feel like link shorteners are only necessary if they're being utilized > to collect statistics and metrics. Judging by the context of this > thread, do we know who has the keys to the Hootsuite? I feel like social > media engagement statistics are something that could be an invaluable > resource to gauging which of our social media posts are effective and > which ones aren't as engaged. So, I am not aware of who holds the keys to Hootsuite, but for stats tracking this would not be required. If we would just use t.co, Wordpress statistics that we have should see the items coming in just fine through the http referrer header.