I&#x27;m working on a new social platform and we were discussing our url structure. I&#x27;ve noticed that sites like HN, youtube, facebook, and vine use only some type of encoded url fragment and that&#x27;s it.<p>e.g. https:&#x2F;&#x2F;vine.co&#x2F;v&#x2F;e0mQeEep1IJ<p>Whereas reddit and others use an encoded fragment AND an optional human-readable component.<p>e.g. https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;funny&#x2F;comments&#x2F;3oc22e&#x2F;this_guys_facial_hair_makes_it_look_like_he_has_a&#x2F;<p>Is it safe to use only the encoded fragment and not include the human-readable part? The only reason we considered the human-readable part is for SEO purposes but is that even important at this point?<p>Any info appreciated thanks!
How important are human-readable slug components in a social platform's urls?