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cdcarter on June 14, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: If you develop web apps, don't do this.

Hell, you could expire them as soon as they are clicked, and then have the fallback.

LokiSnake on June 14, 2011 [–]

An immediate expiry would not solve the initial problem. A user can easily click on the link on an iPhone, then want to read the content on his desktop. A timed expiry would work much better.

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