In which the merits of the fake LJ-cut are debated

[kalimyre]

So I've noticed a lot of fake lj-cutting on my flist lately. You know, when you write a post and put a link in it, but through the clever use of coding make the link look like a cut tag. I have to admit, this is something I've never quite understood. So I turn to you, O Wise Flist, to explain it to me. Also to click the happy buttons in my poll

Comments

[tijmetje]

There's a difference between fake-cuts and links? I seem to have missed some major LJ info along the way.

When I link to my icon page in comms I just make it look like a link because it, well, is.
That, and I didn't know fake-cuts were any different from links until now.

[delurker]

Difference b/t fake cuts and links, linking to this post:

A poll about fake cuts.

( A poll about fake cuts. )

[tijmetje]

So it's basically just showing off your tagging skills?
Pretty pointless, really.

[kalimyre]

Well, there are other reasons for it (many of which have been brought up in the other comments to this post) but yeah, I don't really get the point either. Still, I must admit that for some odd psychological reason I'm more likely to click on a cut than a link, so maybe there's something to it.

[tijmetje]

You have a point there. I feel fuzzier clicking a cut than a link. No idea why, though.
Weird.