Suggestion to cancel link prettification

[EmpressaurusKitty]

I think it would be helpful if you removed he option to hide links under text.

I know it’s possible on mobile to see what the link is by hovering over it, but it’s all too easy at the moment to just open a link without thinking. If the only option was to show the URL, it would be harder to trap people.

No, no, no and (shouting) NO!
That would put and end to my Christmas Puzzle 😪 😪
😪(very sad face) 😪

Maybe it could be done as a one off for your Christmas Puzzle?

The trolls managed to share child abuse images as link previews. MNHQ have stopped that, but it’s still all too easy to name a link something like my new dress & have people click on it without checking what the link actually is.

Bumping this since I think it got lost.

I know it’s impossible to stop trolls posting dodgy links, but if they were unable to hide the URLs then at least users might be less likely to click on them.

Thanks @EmpressaurusKitty . Thanks for the post. We'll give this some thought.