Verizon is blocking private messages containing links to this great site!
Using their email to SMS gateway, try sending two links. The address for this gateway is (phone number)@vtext.com
Send a link to a story to the Verizon customer. Send again but first remove the text ‘patriots.win’
Only the message sent WITHOUT patriots.win will be received by the user.
I can send a text to myself without issues via my messaging app (Samsung). It also loads the preview to the link normally. Not sure if the email to SMS is different, I'll check once I get to work.