I'm sorry -- can you please break down the issue as simply as possible? I am not seeing it.
Used to do (this), now does (this) kind of thing please?
EDIT ok I think I see what you are saying -- before, you could write in a post "hey look at (#)(3) above" -- without the parentheses of course -- and it would just show a # and a 3 and no link.
Now, when you do the same thing, the hashtag/number combination is a link to all the hashtags (deliberate or not) of "3" on FT.
So, where you used to get no link, now you have a link.
Yes?
You can still link to the actual post, easily, if you want to.
To link to your post above this one, I right-click the post number (3 in this case) and select "copy link address".
Then I type what I want -- for instance...
Thanks for your info in post 3 above
Then i highlight the text I want to be the link
Then I hit the LINK icon in the post reply window
Paste in the copied link to you post and click OK
And voila...
Thanks for your info in post 3 above
OR
Thanks for you info in
post 3 above