<p>I think you guys are missing something: <em>bare links automatically get descriptions if the links are within the SE Network.</em>  </p>

<p>Example: <a href="http://meta.stackexchange.com/q/99955/102937">Require link text for hyperlinks in questions and answers by disabling automatic hyperlinking of bare URLs</a></p>

<p>Another example, from Stack Overflow: <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6837870/in-c-how-can-i-filter-a-datasource-before-applying-it-to-a-listview">In C#, how can I filter a DataSource before applying it to a ListView</a></p>

<p>Well, I think it would be cooler to pull the text from the <code>&lt;title&gt;</code> element of the hyperlink's target page, and paste that as the description on the bare link. </p>