@bradenslen I try to post everything (except quick responses like this) to my blog, which then feeds to micro.blog.
WordPress provides post "formats," that let you mark long posts as "standard," along with "status" posts (usually commentary on what's up in life), "image" posts (with a picture or other image), and "link" posts (a link with or without commentary). I use all those, along with the "quote" post (a link with a quote from the original source). There are a few others that I generally don't use.
As far as I know, WordPress doesn't do anything different with the links. They just go where the link goes.