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  • Cameramonkey

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    Everytime I try to post an amazon link to a product for reference/recommendation, it reformats it as a [media] tag and is invisible in the actual post after posting.

    Whether I post it as a url or just paste the URL into the message composition screen it still mis-formats it as media instead of a URL.
     

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    I did those by tapping the share link on the Amazon page and then choosing copy.
     

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    Cameramonkey

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    Yep, when I copy the URL from my desktop browser and paste them direct, use the URL "insert link" button, or even add the bracketed tags manually, it still overwrites them and you end up with blank space in the message in its place.

    Go back to edit the post and it shows it replaced it with the tag (media) (didnt use brackets so the board wont try to take action)
     

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    Check the media settings on your browser if the Amazon links I posted aren't showing up for you. Post a link in this thread so we can check if others see your links, but not you.
     

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    in My browser the amazon logo pops for a brief moment, then i see exactly what Snap sees.

    Still, regardless the board shouldnt be re-writing URL tags as MEDIA tags.
     

    marvin02

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    I'm on my phone, links work in Chrome (both mobile and desktop).

    In mobile Firefox, not signed in, I see: Screenshot_20210331-145914.png same in mobile or desktop.

    There is a problem somewhere.
     

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    On my desktop and my cell, I see the pics that are amazon links.

    Must be something in your guys settings.
    Irrelevant. if I hard code a URL as a URL, it should stay a URL. Its not Media, its a URL.

    And I could see it being a "feature" when you just paste the URL into the body and go, but when you explicitly specify its a URL it should stay a URL. Full stop. Because obviously arbitrarily rewriting it breaks some browsers.

    Found it. Ublock Origin. Because of the media rewrite instead of a URL, it thinks its an ad and blocks it. SMH
     
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