Why do I encounter a strange phenomenon when putting links in an answer?

You have to type carefully when you link, and I often find myself having to use TinyURL to make certain links work properly on Fluther.

Because Fluther recognizes 4Paws. org as a link on its own, which overrides the specific page link that you are trying to put in.

Just cut and paste it from the address bar.

@marinelife Has it exactly right for this specific question. But see this discussion for more information on handling links to pesky URLs with special characters that don’t work as expected.

I realize that Fluther recognizes it as a link on it’s own, I was just wondering why it overrides the usual linking system. It seems like the usual linking system should override any programmed links. I guess it mostly threw me off that Fluther changed it to the link it recognized while still getting rid of the quotes, colon, and url that I put there. I would expect all of the extra stuff to stay since it didn’t actually recognize it as the link I was trying to create.

@ETpro I appreciate the discussion you linked. It is both interesting and helpful. Thanks!

@bobbinhood You’re welcome. THat was one question I sure learned a lot from.