Grumpy Old Geeks Companies Bitly Company Bitly 2 mentions in 1 episode A link-shortening service discussed after a listener reports its addition of affiliate parameters. Mentions 103: A Tidal Wave of Stupid Apr 3, 2015 1:03:26 Bitly has been appending affiliate parameters onto their shortened links 1:04:18 The fact that Bitly's doing this is bad.