[madhouse]

Why do you need an URL shortener to begin with? (See http://joshua.schachter.org/2009/04/on-url-shorteners for some great reasons against them)

[Aoyagi]

I need them only rarely for some super long links (and honestly I don't remember the last time I had to use one), but I need some to suggest them to people who simply feel the need to use them because reasons. And for IRC bots.