What are those chat features that not well-known

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Recently, SEJPM wrote about a nice feature in the chat about a chat feature;

FYI: If you write [so] in a comment or here in chat it will auto-expand to Stack Overflow. Similar rules apply for [<site-name-in-url.se>]

so you can write [so] to get a link for the Stackoverflow, or [cryptography.se] for a link to our site.

They are not just for chat, they are useful all over the site, see: [crypto.se] gives Cryptography here too :) I've created a more crypto specific page here on Cryptography Meta. — Maarten Bodewes, Commented Oct 25, 2020 at 23:06

Glorfindel · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-25 20:36:04Z

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These are so-called magic links; they work in comments but a subset also works in chat.

Chat has more hidden features; some of them are documented here: What Easter Eggs do the chat sites have?

answered Oct 25, 2020 at 20:36

Glorfindel

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$\begingroup$ Thanks Glorfindel! I created a Crypto specific page for the smart links. Very useful tool to have. $\endgroup$
– Maarten Bodewes Mod
Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 17:40

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