Reply #130: Thanks for this. I have avoided using text links for three reasons: [View All]

[Nothing Without Hope]

1. Copying and pasting text links loses not only the live link but also even the tipoff that a link is present in the original. This is a serious downside in my opinion, since the whole idea here is to provide something that can be copied and pasted while conserving live links.
   
2. All too many text links are broken in my experience. You have to test every blasted one, and many posters don't. It's extra effort.
   
3. Setting up a text link for so many links is a significant extra step, and I am always fighting against insufficient time and energy. Even now, there are several "must-do" threads and updates I haven't been able to post.

So, thinking about it, maybe I'll use BOTH the original link (which will be cut off by the DU URL-shortener AND an added TinyURL for the same links. That way you see where the link is going but you still have a live link to use in a copy/pasted version. It's faster and less error-prone to make a TinyURL than it is to make a text link. Isn't as pretty, perhaps, but I think the other advantages outweigh that.