http://robkelley.disqus.com/enMon, 01 Feb 2010 18:01:08 -0000http://robkelley.net/blog/2010/01/30/shortlinks-for-haiti-donation-system-good-idea-bad-idea/#comment-32329246<p>Pros - it's giving money to people who needs it! What's not to love?</p> <p>Cons - I would imagine URL shortening is tough from a technology standpoint, as it has to scale. You'd have to get twitter or the many clients on board with auto-converting URLs to this new service, or hope that people remember to do it themselves. Plus with the public being a little bit better educated now on how charities work, thanks to the Wyclef debacle, you'd have to wonder if people would rather give their money to a new charity instead of just directly donating to the Red Cross or Salvation Army.</p>bpapaMon, 01 Feb 2010 18:01:08 -0000