Disable Reply as linked topic and / or Continuing the

[Kat_F]

Disable Reply as linked topic and / or Continuing the discussion from …

We have our forum set up where different sections / areas have different uses and different rules. Usually that works out well, except when a user uses ‘Reply as Linked Topic’ to move the discussion into a different area. Matters get worse when the ability to do this becomes general knowledge.

Is there a way to 1) disable the Reply as Linked Topic in a specific area or 2) remove the option altogether? Currently we have new topics subject to mod approval, but that’s a lot of extra work.

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

@Kat_F

Usually that works out well, except when a user uses ‘Reply as Linked Topic’ to move the discussion into a different area. Matters get worse when the ability to do this becomes general knowledge

So people want to have discussions but you don’t want them to?

You can hide the “new topic” link in the modal with CSS, but what’s to stop someone from just starting a new topic about the Forbidden Issue in the categories that they can create topics in, either by including a link to the thing they want to talk about or just starting a new topic on that issue?

[Kat_F]

The issue is them using the linked topic and bypassing the section’s restrictions of one post per user per thread / section. The way the linked threads work make it harder to find them without directly scrolling the section.