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TomWilm

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8. Thanks, now i can make youtube vids NOT open automatically here!

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 07:15 AM

8 hrs ago

Sometimes it would be nice to include a youtube-link in a text, but just as a link - which the DU-robots normally prevent you from doing, forcing those huge youtube previews...

But, as your example shows, a youtube link for:
https:// plus www.youtube.com plus /watch?v=SmGaDL-mcs4
can be written like this:
https:// plus youtube.com/shorts/SmGaDL-mcs4

Linked behind a word, this will be shown just as a normal link.
Hope this nice trick will keep working here!

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