# Doing an AMA using Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/doing-an-ama-using-discourse/12103
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [January 21, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/doing-an-ama-using-discourse/12103 "2014-01-21T18:23:40Z")
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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/doing-an-ama-using-discourse/12103/24 "2016-07-31T09:53:14Z")

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> [@tomwrench](#):
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> I think a solution here would be a topic setting to expand all replies (off by default, but admin/moderator can choose to enable this).

That’s basically what I’m proposing here:

> [@Plugin: Ask me anything or Q&A format (threaded replies)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-ask-me-anything-or-q-a-format/44950):
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> This is what I’ll try to establish a spec for here. There’s an example of an AMA being carried out with Discourse here: [https://wpchat.com/t/i-am-justin-tadlock-ask-me-anything/600](https://wpchat.com/t/i-am-justin-tadlock-ask-me-anything/600) Here’s why it gets problematic: Imagine a “Q&A mode” which would do the following: The “X Reply” button is toggled on by default, showing all replies inline All replies should be hidden from the stream. As in, only the inline version of the reply should be visible. Inline replies need the toolbar with …

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