Limits on hyperlinks

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Limits on hyperlinks

Postby HGervais » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:13 pm

Is it just a bug that needs to be worked out or is there a reason we can only use 1 link per post?
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Re: Limits on hyperlinks

Postby Mike Jackson » Sun Jun 17, 2007 2:12 pm

HGervais wrote:Is it just a bug that needs to be worked out or is there a reason we can only use 1 link per post?


For now, it's intentional. We can limit the number of links in a post. There's a couple reasons I set it low. One is to reduce spam. Another is to spread conversation around. Yet another is to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. I can increase it later if there's an overwhelming demand.
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Re: Limits on hyperlinks

Postby HGervais » Sat Jul 21, 2007 1:05 am

Mike Jackson wrote:
HGervais wrote:Is it just a bug that needs to be worked out or is there a reason we can only use 1 link per post?


For now, it's intentional. We can limit the number of links in a post. There's a couple reasons I set it low. One is to reduce spam. Another is to spread conversation around. Yet another is to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. I can increase it later if there's an overwhelming demand.

I really wish you would increase them Mike. I post multiple movies release news items and it would be very helpful if I could link to imbd.com so people can do their own research in as quick & easy a process as possible.
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Re: Limits on hyperlinks

Postby TemporalWisdom » Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:05 pm

I should think upping to two would be fine for now. Setting it higher is like cranking the thermostat to a hundred degrees when you're cold. Let's see how we do with two.
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Re: Limits on hyperlinks

Postby Dark Knight » Thu Jul 26, 2007 2:26 pm

TemporalWisdom wrote:I should think upping to two would be fine for now. Setting it higher is like cranking the thermostat to a hundred degrees when you're cold. Let's see how we do with two.

How about a compromise of two and a half, with an addendum that the second half (or first if you want to put the second half up) allowed to be mentioned but not actually linked. A third can be hinted at, but must be very obscure.No invisotext is allowed unless rendered invisible.
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Re: Limits on hyperlinks

Postby Duane Dibbley » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:39 am

Dark Knight wrote:How about a compromise of two and a half, with an addendum that the second half (or first if you want to put the second half up) allowed to be mentioned but not actually linked. A third can be hinted at, but must be very obscure.No invisotext is allowed unless rendered invisible.

I can see it now... following some half link from The Jury Room and winding up in a shady back alley of the Internet, never to be seen or heard from again.
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