# (Old) The spooooookiest MMP

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-spooooookiest-mmp/1024322>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** mmp\
**Created:** [October 27, 2025, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-spooooookiest-mmp/1024322 "2025-10-27T05:35:42Z")\
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**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:** [October 27, 2025, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-the-spooooookiest-mmp/1024322/50 "2025-10-27T23:20:26Z")

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> [@Paintcharge](#):
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> I still haven’t figured out how to post video. But I’ll do my best. Sometimes discourse will let me post a youtube, sometimes not.

These are the can’t fail instructions for posting a YouTube vid to SDMB’s configuration of Discourse. Works 100% of the time. _If_ you follow the recipe.

> [@How to avoid the YouTube posting bug](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-avoid-the-youtube-posting-bug/1007499):
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> You’re trying to post a YouTube video, but you get a popup saying “You can’t embed media items in a post.” Here’s how to avoid that. There are a couple of minor variations. I haven’t written my post yet Write your post normally but do not include the YouTube link(s). When you are satisfied with the post, hide the preview window (see the \<\< button in the lower-right). Then, insert the links in the desired locations. Note that the links should each appear on a line by themselves. Then post. …

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