Question about the UKIP webchat...

[QueenOfFlippingEverything]

Why were all the links posted by Nigel Farage and the other UKIP newbies in a different format to normal?

They were in black type with a dotted line underneath and if you hovered over them it said 'click to see the full link'.

Is this a new thing? Or is it evidence they were in fact all the same poster?

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I've seen that, and haven't read the UKIP conversation, so it's nowt to do with them. :) See below, I can do it too, I think...

(You just don't use the two square brackets needed for a hyperlink on MN.)

www.amazon.co.uk/

Poo, there was a dotted line in preview!

I have never seen it before.

C'mon someone give me an answer and stop me going off on a conspiracy theory

I've seen it on quite a few threads although only over the last couple of days.

is it because the writing is on a different coloured background so the usual blue writing used to indicate a link doesn't show up??

I don't think so, I've seen them on OP posts (which I have coloured green) and on white posts - and my own are pink...

Agree it's just the last couple of days. Could it be connected to the "jumping screen", which seems to be related to bookmarking?

Check post 6 on this thread, by negrilbaby [[http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/behaviour_development/1158012-2-year-old-had-Tesco-lasagne-last-night-and-blisters-appeared-round-her-mouth/AllOnOnePage#24012165 here.]

Ah ha! Maybe if you only put one square bracket? (Since I only put one on the end there...

[amazon.co.uk]

Gah!

Still, at least you can see what we're talking about lol!

[http://www.amazon.co.uk]

OldLadyKnowsNothing but you put two at the start and one at the end, maybe that was it????

[[http://www.amazon.co.uk here]

Odd, eh?

[[http://www.amazon.co.uk]

I assumed it was just part of the site updates mn techs are doing...

Nah, I give up too

right- it appears to be where noobs inexpert linkers put URLs that are v long, MN tries to cut down the amount of screen space they are wasting by making it clickable automatically (some of these URLs can be 5 or 6 MN lines long)

Ah, could this be associated with the famous MN "break" in any url they consider too long/likely to be dodgy?

Except that I was linking to an MN thread when it appeared....

I've only every linked to something on ebay before, and it came out fine.

Hi all,

This was a feature added recently. Links that are too long are shortened so that they fit better on the page, e.g. www.example.com/this/is/a/really/really/really/long/link/

This does not apply to long links that are using the double-bracket syntax, e.g. www.example.com/another/semi/long/link/.

Incidentally, we also removed the character limit break so that links won't get pulled apart if they're over a certain length.

~D

Aha! Thanks for the explanation. :)