An example (text obfuscated as it’s irrelevant):

The entire area of this screenshot except the white text, post time, and space immediately between those two; opens one of the hyperlinks. (ie: all of the empty space to the right of the green links, all the way up to the edge of the screen, as well as the green text itself)

I wouldn’t expect or want empty space to open links, particularly if I’m trying to minimize/collapse a comment with questionable links in it.