BTW, seems like any time I click on a link that's put into a message (from either Chrome or Firefox) it doesn't resolve to the actual site. If the person puts up the raw url, not one with the text changed, then I can at least select, copy/paste it it into a clean URL field in a tab and get to it. But the NES wrapping on the url f***s it up completely, giving me a blank page, and NOT the target url.
Check your adblock... I guarantee it's blocking the link proxy.