[vertis]

I don't understand the requirement to have either a link or text. Surely it would make more sense to allow someone to explain WHY they're posting something and still have the link be clickable.

[detaro]

AFAIK so people don't get to post a link and have their take on it stand above all other discussion.

[swapagarwal]

I never really dived into it but this seems plausible. :)