# Can we post outgoing urls like reddit?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-post-outgoing-urls-like-reddit/35573>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 15, 2015, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-post-outgoing-urls-like-reddit/35573 "2015-11-15T10:40:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-post-outgoing-urls-like-reddit/35573/2 "2015-11-15T11:04:54Z")

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No. That is not how Discourse works at the moment (nor do I believe there are any plans to do so). Discourse is about encouraging conversation and dialog…having a topic that redirects solely to an external page defeats this goal. Additionally, there is no interface to get into the topics comments if the link goes somewhere else. Unlike reddit there is no `comments` button below each topic,

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