[Site Behaviour] Direct Links on Snaps
As is, anywhere you click on a Snap takes you to the Snapzu comment page for it, where you can then continue to the linked page.
Would it be possible to make either the picture or the text take you straight to the link, while the other takes you to comments?
8 years ago by ObiWanShinobi
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If you have this option checked the title of the snap will take you directly to external content (if its a link post).
Also if you have it unchecked, you can always click on the green "via URL" link that shows up for all link snaps.
Recently added as a feature. Go to your profile picture in the upper right, under Settings, under Preferences, then tick the checkbox labeled “Take me directly to exterior content when viewing link posts.”
Note that if you set this, though, you’ll run the risk of missing the snap, all of its content modules, related links and comments. There may be nothing indicating that a particular snap even has content modules at all. So unless you go looking for the comments, you’d never know about any of it.
Since this feature’s been added, my sense is far, far fewer people ever see content modules, which makes curating them in the first place something of a fool’s errand for the snap creator.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be working for me. Clicking still takes me to the snap, and not the external content.
Also, what I'm suggesting would have a way to reach both the snap and it's comments and modules, perhaps on the small text area accompanying each snap on the front page, while clicking on the image takes you to the external content.
I can see your point about losing the chance to show users the extra curated content, though.
Have you tried logging out and logging back in...
Runs and hides. In all seriousness, it could be a configuration loaded to your profile at login.
Just tried it, still not working.
Dang, it was worth a try. Hopefully it gets resolved.
What format are you in on the front page? Mag or List?
Mag. I'll try list.
Edit: ah yes, so this works in list. It seems I almost always use Mag, I like the pretty pictures.
Yep, the mag doesn't support direct linking when clicking on the title/image but there is a little favicon that shows up on mouse over with the url below it. Clicking on that will take you directly to the exterior content.