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How to insert a link to Youtube video, with preview image shown

I want to make a humorous comment, and make it easy for readers to understand the reference by linking to a youtube video. But most people won’t want to actually watch the video, and I don’t want to waste people’s time. To make my point, all I want to show in my post is the opening image of the video , the same image that appears on youtube before you click to watch the video. In the past, I remember that when I posted a link to a video, the image appears in my post. But this time, Discourse …