# Why am I suddenly unable to post URLs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [July 23, 2026, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-suddenly-unable-to-post-urls/1031883 "2026-07-23T21:59:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-suddenly-unable-to-post-urls/1031883/2 "2026-07-23T22:01:30Z")
[Like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trackers-be-attached-to-a-device/1031503) Seems to work OK. Whatever format you’re using isn’t what Discourse prefers. Looks like some BBCode abomination learned someplace (or sometime) else. Here’s what the “link” button in the editor inserts: `[Like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trackers-be-attached-to-a-device/1031503)` That said, there’s nothing wrong with just pasting the URL directly in: [Can trackers be attached to a device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trackers-be-attached-to-a-device/1031503) If you post the url on its own line, it gets a nice preview, which is always appreciated here. > [@Can trackers be attached to a device?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-trackers-be-attached-to-a-device/1031503): > > I have a problem. My, wife, whose memory is failing, repeatedly lays her e-reader down in some random place, piles papers on top and then cannot find it. Sometimes it takes me an hour to locate it. So I thought of attaching a tracker. Amazon has some very attractive looking ones less than 1/4" thick, but they don’t say anything about how it attaches. From their pictures, it appears that they are made to attach via a chain. I need something that can essentially glued on to the back of her e-rea… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-suddenly-unable-to-post-urls/1031883)._