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usurp-tco.js
javascript: void(function(){document.addEventListener("mousedown", tcoToLinkTitleURL, true); function tcoToLinkTitleURL(ev) { var target = ev.target; if(/^http(?:s?):\/\/t.co\//.test(target.href)) target.href=target.title; } }());
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Save this javascript: location as a bookmark. Give it a good name like "un tco".
When visiting twitter.com, click on the bookmark.
All of your links will open without being filtered through t.co

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Benefits:
Avoids tracking/spying, improves performance, avoids t.co downage problems.

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TODO: Make a plugin for browser that us automatically activated when twitter.com is loaded, thus avoiding the need for the user to remember to activate bookmarklet. E.g. instead of:

  1. visit twitter.com
  2. click bookmarklet

With an add-on, it would be just

  1. visit twitter.com

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Added (?:s?) to regexp for https.

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Updated based on gist by @tagawa

document.addEventListener("mousedown",function(e){var%20t=e.target,u=t.getAttribute("data-expanded-url");if(t.host=="t.co"&&u)t.href=u;},true);

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UPDATE: https://gist.github.com/2969301

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