Feb. 3rd, 2006

Gripe

Feb. 3rd, 2006 08:59 pm
jmtorres: Salma Hayek, Dogma quote: I'm a muse, stupid! (frustration)
Dear flist:

This actually does not apply to most of you, actually, just people in comms I read who are likely to never see this. But it pains me, and I need to complain. ETA: Actually, this is not true. I am working on a pinch-hit and this is procrastination. /ETA

A link is not a "fake cut."

Repeat after me.

A link is not a "fake cut."

A link is a link.

A "fake cut" is a link that has been doctored to look like a lj-cut even though it is not.

    There are two things you have to do to make a "fake cut."
  1. Firstly, put parentheses around your link.
  2. Secondly, bold the entire thing, parentheses and link.


    There are a few ways to fuck up a "fake link."
  1. The parentheses are not part of the link.
  2. The parentheses do have to be bolded.
  3. The whole thing does have to be bolded.
  4. There should be a space between the parenthesis and the text of the link on either side.
  5. IF YOU DO NOT BOLD AND INCLUDE PARENTHESES, IT IS NOT A FAKE CUT, IT IS JUST A LINK.


There is nothing wrong with using links. In fact, you should use links, probably more often than you use "fake cuts." Links are fine. In fact, you should just give up trying to use "fake cuts" because you don't even know what they are and your html skills are such that you didn't even write hrefs for the links, you have something in your journal program that you tell a url to and it makes the html for you. Links are good. Links are you friends.

It's a goddamn link.

Furthermore, you shouldn't have to tell people what it is. If it's a "fake cut," they'll figure it out when they click it. They can see it's a link by looking at it.

If you have to say "These are fake cuts!" you have ruined all the cleverness intrinsic in the "fake cut."

Use a link. A plain old regular link.

Don't tell anyone it's a link. That'll be our secret.

Love,
Jul

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