Are URL shorteners on websites an anachronism?

Question

YouTube

What do you think about url shorteners on websites. For example, on YouTube, does anyone use them? Does it make sense to do such a thing on a content project or is it already dying (like QR codes)?

Answer 1

warm with soft confuse.
qr is not dead, it just never existed. he was exactly where it is generally accepted (Japan, for example, and others like him).
shortcuts are needed exactly where they are needed.
- 140 symbols and do you need a link? ok, hold on t.co
For a content project, I would say that this is superfluous. A content project is based on popularity with users, how they distribute your content in their social networks, and in general, a link mass is needed. I don’t know for sure, but search engines seem to index it normally, but I wouldn’t risk such an important resource as a link mass (in the context of a content project), if suddenly something

Answer 2

In content projects, there are usually two urls per page, and one of them is closed from the search robot:
site.ru/ChPU.html
site.ru/posts/1/
Here is the shortened url for you.