# URLs are live in heds

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-are-live-in-heds/701143>\
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**Created:** [October 12, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-are-live-in-heds/701143 "2014-10-12T21:14:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-are-live-in-heds/701143/1 "2014-10-12T21:14:10Z")

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Just sayin’.

Thought it might prompt some chatter about vBull, which, unlike any other software structure I can think of, I imagine to be this big old usually-gentle elephant.

Which would make Jerry Jerry the Mahout, now that I think about it.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-are-live-in-heds/701143/2 "2014-10-12T21:37:31Z")

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What are “heds”? The thread titles?

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**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-are-live-in-heds/701143/3 "2014-10-12T22:06:10Z")

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A brief test shows that links can be put in thread titles and work, but the URL tag does not work.

So is this a bug or a feature? I personally don’t care.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-are-live-in-heds/701143/4 "2014-10-12T22:41:19Z")

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I would think the “two-click” rule wsould apply to thread titles as well, so pay attention when you link, please, as I’m sure you always do. And thank you.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-are-live-in-heds/701143/5 "2014-10-12T22:47:34Z")

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I’m guessing that this is another “gift” from our friends at Viglink.

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-are-live-in-heds/701143/6 "2014-10-12T23:02:48Z")

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A spammers dream come true.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urls-are-live-in-heds/701143/7 "2014-10-12T23:56:16Z")

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> I’m guessing that this is another “gift” from our friends at Viglink.

Seems to be. They don’t show up as links on my system.

If this is a problem for you, using a script blocker or adding [viglink.com](http://viglink.com) to your ad blocker will fix it.