Do URL Shorteners' work?

I’m kinda weary about this but a lot of YouTubers’ use it so maybe I’ll give it a go to earn a couple of bucks

Here’s an example of the site:

It’s called shorte.st and they also have a mining program which gives you dollars instead so idk

I’m gonna do a test and you click on it and I’ll see how much money I’ll get.
Note, if I do get money then I’ll give it away on this forum

THIS WAS MY PLAN ALL ALONG TO BAIT YOU FOR USING ADBLOCKERS! IM CALLING THE FBI RIGHT NOW! HAVE FUN SUCKERS!

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You don’t necessarily mean link shorteners, but ad redirects, and in my experience It’s not worth it for a variety of reasons (unless you’re linking to pirated material that will create thousands of clicks, in which case clicks add up).

Some of those redirects have virus infested ads and popups, some are excessive, but virtually all of them reward you with the teeniest, tiniest fraction of currency. As noted above, unless you’re getting A LOT of traffic you’re better off doing surveys to earn money.

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Oh cool thanks, yeah I already do surveys from time to time and that’s worthwhile, I just clicked my own link and I got 0.0012 dollars. I might keep on doing this for it to add up…eventually

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Yeah I’ll never disable my adblockers just so I can follow whatever it is anyone linked. I’ll just move on and spend my time elsewhere. Those things are always at best fishy.

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What’s the minimum claim unit though? $10, $50 or perhaps even $100? Given you usually need unique hits you’re going to be waiting a long time for a payout.

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$5 it says

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That’s ok, but as a UK resident, you would reap faster rewards using Yougov and Quidco.

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Hmm, I’ll check that out! Thanks

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Faster just to wear a short skirt and stand on a corner :thinking:

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in any call, :thinking:, i believe i recall reading somewhere/sometime on the forum, Chrono don’t allow/don’t want link shorteners used “here”, only the pure/raw link (iirc) :face_with_raised_eyebrow: :man_shrugging:

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I think I recall something like this too…

I think there was also something regarding not doing any kind of advertisement, etc.

@Agzer, these things work, they often link to the appropriate place, but manage to pop-up a ton of unwanted materials along the way, often malware and the like that poses threats to your personal computer and private information. I don’t trust them at all…

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Is no-one going to address the 4% battery life?

CHARGE YOUR PHONE!

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:thinking: uhm, i thought i was only supposed to charge it when it goes “beep beep” and then turns black :man_shrugging: :blush:
-you sayin i’ve been doing it wrong all these years :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

:smile:

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:expressionless::confused: I am completely baffled…

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And I can’t pay that much attention if it is a weird number (I like rounded numbers, typically involving a 0 or a 5). Note that the screenshot that shows us the screenshot has a nice 85% battery life.

I don’t take a lot of phone screenshots.

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Ah… I see… I was so oblivious… lol…! I was merely paying attention to the content…

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I used some stuff like that back when I was in the less legal PSP scene (don’t snitch y’all) and never got more than a few dollars over months. It’s just an inconvenience for everyone involved.

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Welp, time to delete that account now. I’ve been put off xD

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