# Have links to YouTube been disabled? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [April 1, 2023, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958 "2023-04-01T01:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/223 "2023-06-22T21:02:26Z")
I added &2 and it worked, &1 failed likely because you used &1 in your test (Edit: see your edit which confirms this). But if I try to edit that post it fails perpetually and further incrementing of that string does not resolve it. ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/224 "2023-06-22T21:04:38Z")
And now I can no longer post the plain link as that fails. Seems the post in the other thread is now blocking that link. Edited the post in the other thread to be a time stamp with &6 at the end and it worked. Testing to see is the plain link now works here…nope this fails even though the original post no longer uses it. `https://youtu.be/hoe24aSvLtw` ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/225 "2023-06-22T21:23:13Z")
Once a link has EVER been posted to Discourse the trap is sprung. Deleting the link from your post later does nothing to delete the cached thumbnail on Discourse’s servers which is the cause of all this unhappiness. So if your link won’t post or you need to edit, just keep trying different suffixes until you hit on one nobody has used. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/226 "2023-07-04T21:41:33Z")
What am I, Matthew Broderick in War Games? I have to have the reflexes of a blind pinball player to post a video? Or I have to a class at the local CC for some coding knowledge? Can’t you people just fix this, ferchrissakes? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/227 "2023-07-04T23:29:15Z")
There is nobody home at SDMNB tech support. All you need to know is close the preview window before adding the vid link to your post. Not so hard. Annoying as fuck? Yes. Difficult? No. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/228 "2023-07-04T23:40:19Z")
I believe you still have to be quick about it. At least you used to and I haven’t tried otherwise (and I rarely have the preview box up). Let me try it… I’ll leave this pasted here while I’m typing, with no preview box. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/t9TfgMM7Xto/maxresdefault.jpg "Bobs Burgers: Gene dresses up as Bob") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9TfgMM7Xto) ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/229 "2023-07-04T23:42:08Z")
Well, that worked. Guess I don’t have to use Notepad when I want more than one in a single post. But you still can’t edit it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/230 "2023-07-04T23:52:25Z")
You do not need to be quick at all. _If_ you close the preview window before you insert the link. It’s the automatic previewing of your link that triggers the bug. You can either be faster than the computer, or smarter. Smarter is easier. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/231 "2023-07-05T02:08:02Z")
That didn’t work - I just tried. Personally, I’d rather the people who run the site just get their shit together. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/232 "2023-07-21T20:54:06Z")
Test: [Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana. - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3OEY380Uc&ab_channel=RubeShedStudio) (closed preview window first) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/233 "2023-07-21T20:54:29Z")
Test 2: [Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana. - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3OEY380Uc&ab_channel=RubeShedStudio) (did not close preview window first) ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/234 "2023-07-21T21:42:28Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > (closed preview window first) “first” meaning before typing/pasting in the link, or before trying to post it? Test: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SQ3OEY380Uc/hqdefault.jpg "Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3OEY380Uc&t=1) (copied URL at 1-second mark, pasted with preview window closed) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/235 "2023-07-21T22:00:43Z")
You are posting text with an embedded link to a YouTube web site. You will not get an error doing that, because you won’t have a video embedded in your post. It will just be a link to the page. We’ve never had problems doing that as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/236 "2023-07-22T00:43:05Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > “first” meaning before typing/pasting in the link, or before trying to post it? Before typing/pasting in the link: [Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana. - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3OEY380Uc&ab_channel=RubeShedStudio) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/237 "2023-07-22T00:44:01Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > “first” meaning before typing/pasting in the link, or before trying to post it? Before trying to post it: [Det. Sgt. Nick Yemana. - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3OEY380Uc&ab_channel=RubeShedStudio) **ETA: I give up, what am I doing wrong?** mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/238 "2023-07-22T00:46:28Z")
You still aren’t posting the bare link. Your post should look like this: ```auto Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3OEY380Uc ``` Except that probably won’t work now due to the bug, but you can do this instead: ```auto Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3OEY380Uc&2 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/239 "2023-07-22T00:46:53Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Lh5kVNrCrJk/maxresdefault.jpg "The Best of Nick Yemana Part 2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh5kVNrCrJk) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/240 "2023-07-22T00:50:37Z")
Looks like I’ve got it, thanks, all! mmm ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/241 "2023-07-22T00:50:49Z")
ETA: The following was composed before your most recent attempts. > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Copied URL at 1-second mark, pasted with preview window closed: No, it doesn’t look like you did—otherwise your link URL would end with &1 ```auto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ3OEY380Uc&ab_channel=RubeShedStudio ``` But if you had, it wouldn’t work anyway since I’ve already posted the video at the 1-second mark. > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Once a link has EVER been posted to Discourse the trap is sprung. … > So if your link won’t post or you need to edit, just keep trying different suffixes until you hit on one nobody has used. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958/242 "2023-07-22T01:43:51Z")
Test: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/M-fUe6u0O4w/maxresdefault.jpg "Jesse Watters' Mother Gives Him Advice On First Show In New Timeslot | The View") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-fUe6u0O4w) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-links-to-youtube-been-disabled/981958.md?page=13)