# Posting Skype links is impossible

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-skype-links-is-impossible/22456>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Novembre 23, 2014, 11:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-skype-links-is-impossible/22456 "2014-11-23T23:17:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [Novembre 24, 2014, 5:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-skype-links-is-impossible/22456/2 "2014-11-24T05:07:32Z")

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Yes, this is on purpose. Some URL schemes can [effectively execute code](http://vimeo.com/51438866) on the computer when you click on them, so the links are stripped out if the scheme isn’t whitelisted.

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