Guideline 17
The Thyroid UK forum guidelines are always accessible on this pinned post:
Forum Posting Guidelines
healthunlocked.com/thyroidu...
We ask that all members read them and very much hope you do so. However, in time, we can forget what was there, or misremember, or whatever.
Hence, I am posting this short reminder of the guidelines in full.
And (today) of this specific item:
17. If you post a link, please at least explain briefly what people can expect to find if they follow the link. Links without such an introduction/explanation may be deleted.
When links appear on HealthUnlocked, they are shortened and become blue. The full link you see as you write your post - and which might make clear what the link points to - can end up just being a confusing part of the link with the right-hand end truncated.
I have written a blog to make some suggestions of how you can help members by saying what links point at:
Posting Links on HealthUnlocked
helvella.blogspot.com/2024/...
There are technical issues if you put a link into the subject line of a post. Some of the issues which used to cause havoc are not as bad but links in subject lines NEVER convert to blue - and members will never be able to click on them. Hence this related guideline is also being mentioned:
31. Do not post links or website addresses in the subject field of posts.
Note that HealthUnlocked’s own guidelines also apply: