A new way of linking in tweets
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 by Dave Winer.
Following up on the discussion about displaying links in tweets. 
1. This is what a link looks like, in text:
41 people call this [photo|http://bit.ly/DMhr] a favorite.
41 people call this photo a favorite.
I've posted a number of tweets in this format, and so far no one has expressed any confusion about it, or even curiosity. I guess they just figure it out? Not sure.
Thanks to Chuck Shotton and Steven Levy for pressing the point.
Update: David Berlind asks "Would the markup syntax eat into the 140 char limit?" -- yes -- there's 3 added characters for each link.
Update: Joey Baker has a great idea. If the stuff betw the pipe and the right square bracket doesn't begin with "http://" the displaying software should add it. That's 7 characters saved. Worth doing, imho.
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