Cannot post as it thinks there's a URL
Oct 4, 2019, 8:40 am
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 9
Cannot post as it thinks there's a URL
I have 3 posts right now to my account. I'm trying to reply in a thread, and it says that I cannot post URLs because I have less than 5 posts. The thing is, there are no URLs in my post. It's just text. So how do I get this work properly?
Oct 4, 2019, 9:16 am
#4
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It appears you nailed it, IBJoel - the post by OP here has a number sign in it that the system is turning into a link.
This is perhaps an unforeseen (and IMO unfortunate) circumstance/glitch of automatically linking hashtags - new members can't put a number sign in their post, which is of course not a link until the system creates one on it.
To fix this, I might propose one of the following:
This is perhaps an unforeseen (and IMO unfortunate) circumstance/glitch of automatically linking hashtags - new members can't put a number sign in their post, which is of course not a link until the system creates one on it.
To fix this, I might propose one of the following:
- Turn off automatically linking hashtags (proposed previously and turned down)
- Allow hashtag links by new members
- Change the "this post is not allowed because it has a link" (or whatever it says) page to indicate that they need to remove any number signs from their post or they won't be able to post it.
Jan 27, 2020, 8:45 am
#6
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If you have a photo or "#" in your post, it functions as a link within the site's software.