It seems the Stack Exchange community as a whole "[really][1], ***[really][2]*** hate" URL shorteners ([source][3]).

But what's our (Ask Ubuntu community) stance on [pad.lv][4], the "*site-specific redirection service for [Launchpad.net][5]*"? 

I found this service pretty useful while posting a link to a bug-report in *Comments section*, for example, https://pad.lv/1532508 works well in place of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1532508.

  [1]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/64450/ban-url-shorting-services
  [2]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/99136/let-me-flag-that-for-you-url-shortener-cleanup
  [3]: https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/113660
  [4]: https://pad.lv/
  [5]: https://launchpad.net/