A shortened link is convenient for exactly the same reason it's risky: you can't see where it goes until you've already clicked. That single fact is why some brands and networks won't trust a bit.ly or tinyurl link at all — email security tools flag them, some Discord servers block whole shortener domains, and cautious users just won't click.
The fix isn't to avoid shorteners entirely — it's to use one that lets people check the destination first. Every link made on Linqeezy comes with a second, matching preview link (linqeezy.com/p/CODE) that shows the real destination URL before redirecting. Share the preview link anywhere trust matters more than brevity — a cold outreach email, a public forum post, anywhere the person clicking doesn't already know you.
It doesn't fix every case (a bad actor can still register a shortener account), but it removes the single biggest reason a shortened link feels untrustworthy: not being able to see where it goes.