[06:11:59] <wm-bb>	 <bozzy> Are you using the Markdownv2 Telegram format?
[06:12:00] <wm-bb>	 <bozzy> Basically whatever it's markdown must be unescaped, and whatever is not md must be escaped. That's super-confusing e.g. to print "$0 dollars yeah -.- duck.ai (https://duck.ai/)"
[06:12:01] <wm-bb>	 <bozzy> ```
[06:12:03] <wm-bb>	 <bozzy> \$12 dollars yeah \-\.\- [duck\.ai](https://duck.ai/)```
[06:12:04] <wm-bb>	 <bozzy> In short:
[06:12:06] <wm-bb>	 <bozzy> - whatever is printer as-is, escape, including link text
[06:12:07] <wm-bb>	 <bozzy> - whatever is markdown, do not escape, including link destination
[06:12:09] <wm-bb>	 <bozzy> I hope this can save 5 hours lol (re @jeremy_b: telegram has way too many ways to make ordinary text turn into links. slash post, dollar user, etc.)
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[14:36:52] <wm-bb>	 <jeremy_b> huh? I wasn't using markdown at all. I just replaced my user name with dollar USER and it made that a link. (re @bozzy: Are you using the Markdownv2 Telegram format?
[14:36:52] <wm-bb>	 <jeremy_b> Basically whatever it's markdown must be not escaped, and whatever is not md must ...)
[14:41:27] <wm-bb>	 <bozzy> Yep, solution, from `$USER` to `\$USER` in Markdownv2 Telegram format (if you are sending these messages from the API). If you are not, sorry for bothering lol (re @jeremy_b: huh? I wasn't using markdown at all. I just replaced my user name with dollar USER and it made that a link.)
[14:42:15] <wm-bb>	 <jeremy_b> test \/me foo \/post \$USER
[14:43:28] <wm-bb>	 <jeremy_b> does telegram not use the API for all clients? weird
[16:52:34] <wm-bb>	 <jeremy_b> oh now extra weird those didn't look linkified before, now they are? 🤷 (re @jeremy_b: test \/me foo \/post \$USER)