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irisblue

(37,895 posts) Thu May 14, 2026, 01:15 AM Thursday

You never know who is staying in motels. (I don't know how to make youtube vids open automatically)

https://youtube.com/shorts/42YyOf0mJaI?si=Yz9UnwHaJCfl2sje

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You never know who is staying in motels. (I don't know how to make youtube vids open automatically) (Original Post) irisblue Thursday OP

This message was self-deleted by its author ahnakneemoose Thursday #1

Replace shorts/ with ... littlemissmartypants Thursday #2

Oh, so close! You were right there... Here's the rest JoseBalow Thursday #3

My info is for all YT shorts. Not just this one. littlemissmartypants Thursday #4

Looks like the bear was more afraid of the cops than they were of him. red dog 1 Friday #6

Please bear with me Niagara Thursday #5

that "backup cop" cracks me up Skittles Friday #7

Thanks, now i can make youtube vids NOT open automatically here! TomWilm 21 hrs ago #8

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littlemissmartypants

(34,320 posts)

2. Replace shorts/ with ...

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 04:11 AM

Thursday

watch?v=

❤️

JoseBalow

(9,722 posts)

3. Oh, so close! You were right there... Here's the rest

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #2)

Thu May 14, 2026, 12:53 PM

Thursday

Video embedded:

littlemissmartypants

(34,320 posts)

4. My info is for all YT shorts. Not just this one.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #3)

Thu May 14, 2026, 01:19 PM

Thursday

If you want any of them to embed, those are the portions of the link that need changes for all shorts videos and not just this one.

But thanks for your reply, JB.

red dog 1

(33,447 posts)

6. Looks like the bear was more afraid of the cops than they were of him.

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #3)

Fri May 15, 2026, 05:01 PM

Friday

Niagara

(12,101 posts)

5. Please bear with me

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Thu May 14, 2026, 05:59 PM

Thursday

I just got done paws-itively raiding the minibar! 🐻

It's nice to see non-conservation career related people helping out the local wildlife.

The easiest way to have YouTube shorts to open automatically is to replace the "shorts" with "embed" within the link.

Skittles

(172,821 posts)

7. that "backup cop" cracks me up

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2026, 08:33 PM

Friday

he be like, NOPE

TomWilm

(1,970 posts)

8. Thanks, now i can make youtube vids NOT open automatically here!

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 07:15 AM

21 hrs ago

Sometimes it would be nice to include a youtube-link in a text, but just as a link - which the DU-robots normally prevent you from doing, forcing those huge youtube previews...

But, as your example shows, a youtube link for:
https:// plus www.youtube.com plus /watch?v=SmGaDL-mcs4
can be written like this:
https:// plus youtube.com/shorts/SmGaDL-mcs4

Linked behind a word, this will be shown just as a normal link.
Hope this nice trick will keep working here!

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