What fool would click on them?
There's no way to tell where that URL will take you. For all you know, that link may end up sending you to a compromised site that is hosting a script that installs a virus on your computer, or fools you into clicking on a javascript button that you thought was supposed to close your browser window. Even if you have an antivirus program installed, not a single antivirus has been shown to be 100% effective, and viruses pop up just as fast as the antivirus companies are able to respond to them.
You're assuming a lot of risk by clicking on a shortened URL. Unlike an HTML Anchor tag, you can't hover over the link and find out where it's actually going to. And seriously, why do people create the 200 character web page URL anyway?
I'm totally peeved that people would actually post shortened URLs these days. It's like someone's daring you to click on it to see if there's a virus on the other end. Arrrghhhh!!! STOP USING BIT.LY!!!
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