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Notify users of clicking a link in UGC that looks like a URL but links somewhere different #363

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When clicking on a link in user-generated markup, if the display text is formatted by a URL but that text does not match the underlying URL, the user should be notified of the mismatch (with the option to either cancel or continue to the link)

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Eg, if a link leads to google.com but the link text is eternagame.org, this could be used to intentionally mislead users.

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We should be able to implement this via dompurify

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    priority: p2/important ⚠️A large number of users have a significant pain point or a significant use case is preventedsize: mdtype: enhancementNew feature or request

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