# Linky no worky

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linky-no-worky/912492>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linky-no-worky/912492 "2020-06-23T18:44:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linky-no-worky/912492/1 "2020-06-23T18:44:31Z")

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I don’t see a thread about this yet - but every time I look at a pre-switch thread that references another thread, and I click on that link, I get a “dunno what you’re talking about” page - because of course those links are coded for the old structure.

Any plans on doing some kind of mass update there? or do we just need to search and hope we find the right one?

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**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linky-no-worky/912492/2 "2020-06-23T18:52:42Z")

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They’re working on it

> [@Permalinks/bookmarks A NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/permalinks-bookmarks-a-note-from-the-development-team/912127):
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> 6.22 6:28 pm cdt I have been told that at the present time your old permalnks/bookmarks are not working. Discourse is in the process of going through all those links and repairing them so they will once again work for you. Like the Fight Against Ignorance it’s taking longer than we thought. But it is progressing and you will be able to use these links again. Just not today. It’s the same situation as with the spoiler tags and the quote function: all the ones imported to the board need to b…

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/linky-no-worky/912492/3 "2020-06-23T22:30:17Z")

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@ Development Team: If you’re reading this, do you have any plan to ever implement mouse-over previews? I think that is one of the most desired features of the old board that is absent here.