Digg stops redirecting some URLs, links to self

Over the weekend, social news site Digg changed how its links work in a way that gives the site an increase in the number of users who visit.

(cnet) Users of the site's URL-shortening service noticed that if the Web address they had shortened had been submitted to Digg, the shortened URL would then take its visitors to the story's page on Digg instead of the page it linked to. At least it was this way for users who were not logged into Digg; registered users who had turned off the DiggBar (and who had a recent log-in cookie from Digg) would not see the change in behavior. ...Go to source

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