Tell HN: t.co is adding a five-second delay to some domains

>>xslowz+(OP)
you could maybe show some testing? if that's true, then it should be measurable

>>c0t300+d
Test yourself, they link to their site from their profile and it's definitely delayed.

>>stilwe+F
Just tried this - loaded almost instantly. But that's only the link in the profile. Not shared links in tweets.

Leaning towards there's something else going on deep in the DNS/ad servers/cdn/who knows. Not the first I've seen/heard of resolving delays with t.co... maybe it's even just something with legacy non-SSL links being redirected etc

>>ChrisA+89
You’re really twisting yourself into a buzzword cloud there aren’t you?

The link you clicked in the NYT bio is not a t.co link - I assume you noticed that but still are using it as counter-proof?

>>yunohn+Ej
Both the nyti.ms link and nytimes.com are actually t.co links for me. First one was slow, second one was fast.

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