• CNet, Thursday, September 2, 2010 1:52 PM

In other Twitter news, before the year is out the top micro-blogging platform plans to begin recording and analyzing every link its users click. "All users" will soon be switched over to Twitter's t.co link-shortening service, after which "all links shared on Twitter.com or third-party apps" will use it, according to email announcement on Wednesday. "On these links from Twitter.com or a Twitter application, Twitter will log that click," the announcement notes.

The news, writes CNet, "was soon met with a smattering of privacy concerns, with some Twitter users dubbing it a 'disgusting data landgrab' and others wondering if there will be an 'opt-out policy' for those who prefer not to have their clicks recorded. CNet adds that a centralized link-redirector means a centralized point of failure in a service notorious for being frequently overloaded.

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