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0 pointsOutOfHere7mo ago0 comments

No. Inactive means that the short URL hasn't been accessed in a while.

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wltr7mo ago

But that doesn’t make any sense. A link might be printed in a book. Nobody accessed it, yet they might at some point. Such a service is quite good for printing in books, instead of QR-codes.

OutOfHereOP7mo ago

It makes sense in a technical capacity, not in an epistemic one. I never claimed it is the right thing to do.

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0 pointsOutOfHere7mo ago0 comments

No. Inactive means that the short URL hasn't been accessed in a while.

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wltr7mo ago

But that doesn’t make any sense. A link might be printed in a book. Nobody accessed it, yet they might at some point. Such a service is quite good for printing in books, instead of QR-codes.

OutOfHereOP7mo ago

It makes sense in a technical capacity, not in an epistemic one. I never claimed it is the right thing to do.

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