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WHAT IS THIS AUUUGH
Dec. 31st, 2011 08:50 amI'm not the only one to scream about this in recent memory; I think someone was headpounding in IRC. I've screamed about this in the past, but there's now a new twist.
A cut or lj-cut is a link that obscures part of the contents of your entry, and shows the whole thing when clicked. (Or when expanded!)
A fake cut is a link that is styled to look like an lj-cut, but goes to a different location entirely.
Things that are not a fake cut: a link that has no attempt made to make it look like an lj-cut.
The new thing, which set me off just now, and resulted in me unsubscribing from a community on LJ: what in the name of the ingrown beard hairs on both of Janus's two faces is a fake link.
A fake link.
IS THIS A LINK THAT DOESN'T WORK WHEN YOU CLICK IT?
IS THIS A RICKROLL?
NO. IF IT GOES SOMEWHERE WHEN YOU CLICK IT, AND YOU SAY WHERE IT IS GOING, ACCURATELY, IT IS A LINK. NOTHING FAKE ABOUT IT.
IF YOU LEARNED THAT SOMETHING WAS A "FAKE LINK", YOU WERE TAUGHT BADLY. NOW YOU KNOW BETTER. GO FORTH AND IT'S A FUCKING LINK OK? EVEN IF IT HAS TEXT ON IT AND DOESN'T SHOW ITS HTTP. IT'S STILL A LINK.
A cut or lj-cut is a link that obscures part of the contents of your entry, and shows the whole thing when clicked. (Or when expanded!)
A fake cut is a link that is styled to look like an lj-cut, but goes to a different location entirely.
Things that are not a fake cut: a link that has no attempt made to make it look like an lj-cut.
The new thing, which set me off just now, and resulted in me unsubscribing from a community on LJ: what in the name of the ingrown beard hairs on both of Janus's two faces is a fake link.
A fake link.
IS THIS A LINK THAT DOESN'T WORK WHEN YOU CLICK IT?
IS THIS A RICKROLL?
NO. IF IT GOES SOMEWHERE WHEN YOU CLICK IT, AND YOU SAY WHERE IT IS GOING, ACCURATELY, IT IS A LINK. NOTHING FAKE ABOUT IT.
IF YOU LEARNED THAT SOMETHING WAS A "FAKE LINK", YOU WERE TAUGHT BADLY. NOW YOU KNOW BETTER. GO FORTH AND IT'S A FUCKING LINK OK? EVEN IF IT HAS TEXT ON IT AND DOESN'T SHOW ITS HTTP. IT'S STILL A LINK.
