Yes, I follow you, Violet.
If texts are particular long, I generally cut and paste a few paragraphs of it. People who are interested can then go to the link and read the remainder themselves. This would apply only if its one link, however.
I wouldn't say that's a perfect idea, though, when people are posting multiple links. There would be too much text in the one post. I'd say multiple links in one post are best just in a list.