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replaced http://meta.stackexchange.com/ with https://meta.stackexchange.com/
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Embedded videos are essentially pretty-looking links, susceptible to undesirable link rotundesirable link rot.

Stack Exchange sites protect images from link rot when uploaded using the "Add Image"-button Add Image button (or Ctrl+g): a separate copy is uploaded to https://i.sstatic.net/ in partnership with imgurin partnership with imgur. This is currently not possible for videos, likely because they tend to be huge in comparison.

Embedded videos are essentially pretty-looking links, susceptible to undesirable link rot.

Stack Exchange sites protect images from link rot when uploaded using the "Add Image"-button Add Image button (or Ctrl+g): a separate copy is uploaded to https://i.sstatic.net/ in partnership with imgur. This is currently not possible for videos, likely because they tend to be huge in comparison.

Embedded videos are essentially pretty-looking links, susceptible to undesirable link rot.

Stack Exchange sites protect images from link rot when uploaded using the "Add Image"-button Add Image button (or Ctrl+g): a separate copy is uploaded to https://i.sstatic.net/ in partnership with imgur. This is currently not possible for videos, likely because they tend to be huge in comparison.

Clarified what I meant by protection of images from link rot.
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Embedded videos are essentially pretty-looking links, hence susceptible to link rot and we don't want thatundesirable link rot.

Images are protectedStack Exchange sites protect images from link rot by StackExchange sites, aswhen uploaded using the "Add Image"-button Add Image button (or Ctrl+g): a separate copy is always uploaded to their own server, https://i.sstatic.net/ in partnership with imgur. The same tactic This is currently unfeasiblenot possible for videos, which are oftenlikely because they tend to be huge in comparison.

Embedded videos are essentially pretty-looking links, hence susceptible to link rot and we don't want that.

Images are protected from link rot by StackExchange sites, as a separate copy is always uploaded to their own server, in partnership with imgur. The same tactic is currently unfeasible for videos, which are often huge in comparison.

Embedded videos are essentially pretty-looking links, susceptible to undesirable link rot.

Stack Exchange sites protect images from link rot when uploaded using the "Add Image"-button Add Image button (or Ctrl+g): a separate copy is uploaded to https://i.sstatic.net/ in partnership with imgur. This is currently not possible for videos, likely because they tend to be huge in comparison.

Fixup of bad MSO links to MSE links migration
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Embedded videos are essentially pretty-looking links, hence susceptible to link rot and we don't want that.

Images are protected from link rot by StackExchange sites, as a separate copy is always uploaded to their own server, in partnership with imgur. The same tactic is currently unfeasible for videos, which are often huge in comparison.

Embedded videos are essentially pretty-looking links, hence susceptible to link rot and we don't want that.

Images are protected from link rot by StackExchange sites, as a separate copy is always uploaded to their own server, in partnership with imgur. The same tactic is currently unfeasible for videos, which are often huge in comparison.

Embedded videos are essentially pretty-looking links, hence susceptible to link rot and we don't want that.

Images are protected from link rot by StackExchange sites, as a separate copy is always uploaded to their own server, in partnership with imgur. The same tactic is currently unfeasible for videos, which are often huge in comparison.

Migration of MSO links to MSE links
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Migration of MSO links to MSE links
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