As I just asked elsewhere: is there an easy way to infer a short URL from the address bar, similar to the /raw/nnn format? e.g. /t/nnn? Did not work when I tried it, but it seems it should address this question of URL shorteners.
I understand the SEO reasons for having the post title in the URL, but for usability it would be nice to be able to get to it directly. I could then also create a shortening domain myself that forwards folks on to my forum URL, e.g. kb2.org/t/nnn to send people to discourse.kabissa.org/t/nnn and on to discourse.kabissa.org/t/big-long-title-that-google-adores/nnn