dytamic: because this is a different system, not Retrospring-related.

Do you have a link to a question/answer where this happened, I don't exactly get what you mean?

That said, in questions, you can't use text in links, they will always intentionally show the full link.

pixeldesu okay that makes a lot more sense, if you could make it say that in the question box where it says markdown is supported thatd be delicious.

but if it doesn't work in questions, why does it work in answers just fine? feels... counterintuitive.

dytamic: kinda simple: anonymous users with malicious intent. it's to prevent abuse as much as possible.

if you post something like that in an answer with a adjusted link, if it's bad stuff, we can just ban you.