# When you post a link...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-post-a-link/60306>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [March 31, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-post-a-link/60306 "2001-03-31T23:04:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-post-a-link/60306/1 "2001-03-31T23:04:05Z")

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…how do you get the link to read as something other than the URL? Like posting the link to JAXAshby’s home page, but identifying it as Closeups of Jennifer Lopez at the Oscars, to sucker people in.

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-post-a-link/60306/2 "2001-04-01T00:01:32Z")

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[Closeups of Jennifer Lopez at the Oscars](http://hometown.aol.com/j040766/index.html)

{url=“[http://www.brunching.com](http://www.brunching.com)”}Closeups of Jennifer Lopez at the Oscars{/url} - change the { and } to [and]

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-post-a-link/60306/3 "2001-04-01T00:30:35Z")

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Rilchiam…Kat…that’s just _wrong_, you know?

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-post-a-link/60306/4 "2001-04-01T02:59:13Z")

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You know, if I were a merciful Administrator, I’d do something about that link. But I’m not merciful. I like to see the old traditions kept alive.

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**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-post-a-link/60306/5 "2001-04-01T03:57:46Z")

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**Kat** , you owe me a new esphagous.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-post-a-link/60306/6 "2001-04-01T04:09:24Z")

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Woohoo! Thank you Kat!

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-post-a-link/60306/7 "2001-04-01T06:00:45Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Tommy the Cat \*  
> **Kat** , you owe me a new esphagous.

Bah, where did you think that link would go? Brunching Shuttlecocks or something? There was a JAXAshby warning in the OP, for gosh sakes! 😉

You’re welcome, Rilchiam. 🙂