Jill Walker wrote:
Mm, but when I link, I link quite deliberately. I choose
what I link to - I might think I want to link to something
that explains this, that gives background or further
information about this, that shows that I also know about
this other thing, that brings out an ironic or self-ironic
twist, that contrasts to this, etc.
But you have no control over what's on the other
side of the link. They may change the content or
the design, they may block access with passwords,
they may disappear, you don't know.