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Dec
21
comment Should there be a policy about 'One-Link-Only-Answers'?
I would prefer no answer at all as opposed to misinformation. For your second point I wasn't necessarily referencing link shortners (and I disagree, they are not "out of business" and most provide link preview capabilities.. tinyurl). I was referring to using something similar to OpenGraph, Lint, and other similar tools for scrapping the target location on behalf of the user. In conclusion, I suspect we are just going to have to agree to disagree here.
Dec
19
comment Should there be a policy about 'One-Link-Only-Answers'?
In addition, my gut reaction to all of this is that there is a very simple programatic solution. Why not do like Facebook, Google+, etc. When a link is posted you dynamically pull the description and post it here under the answer / comment. Then you (a) solve the lack of description problem and stale issues and (b) allow folks to just post a link without having to go attach details to the same redundant data. The fact of the matter is this doesn't have to be as hard as it is being made out to be. Such as having a long winded policy discussion.
Dec
19
comment Should there be a policy about 'One-Link-Only-Answers'?
1. I equate this to a company having an electronic policy and you print it out to have a copy. What do you do when the policy has been updated in the electronic form? You now have stale content. I'm sorry but you won't convince me otherwise. 2. Not really. Even if this did happen, I suspect the rate at which those links cropped up would be small. It isn't as if we have an outbreak of "The Walk Dead: Links Edition" occurring throughout SE. 3. And there are many people in different lines of work who appreciate SE and SO. I wouldn't have time for random surfing even if my company allowed it. :)
Dec
18
answered Should there be a policy about 'One-Link-Only-Answers'?
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