URLs (Am I the only one who likes to know where I'm going when I click a link?)
@handwaving A set of rules that I helped draft (but was ultimately never rolled out) specified that people should explain the link if they pasted something non-obvious, shortened, or obscured in a particular IRC chatroom. And no, link cards do not solve the problem fully. (Alas.)
@azurelunatic This sounds like it could have been useful. I'm always a little frustrated when I *want* to share a link but what my computer adds to my clipboard is a shortened/obscured URL!