# Embedding, but don't automatically create a topic until a user chooses to comment

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-but-dont-automatically-create-a-topic-until-a-user-chooses-to-comment/61450
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** pr-welcome
**Created:** [September 23, 2015, 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-but-dont-automatically-create-a-topic-until-a-user-chooses-to-comment/61450 "2015-09-23T09:03:12Z")
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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: [October 1, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-but-dont-automatically-create-a-topic-until-a-user-chooses-to-comment/61450/15 "2015-10-01T09:42:57Z")

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> [@Embed Discourse comments on another website via Javascript](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-discourse-comments-on-another-website-via-javascript/31963/32):
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> Would it be possible to not automatically create a topic until a user chooses to comment on the article? I want to prevent having a ton of topics with no replies (i.e. which were created automatically by visitors who only read articles and not commented on them). I’m specifically thinking of a site with a large number of articles; only a few of them will actually have comments.

I see your predicament. But instead of the potentially messy solutions discussed so far, what if the topics are indeed created normally, but _until they have a reply_, they are **unlisted** , i.e. not visible in the forum stream and only accessible via a direct link. Would that be an acceptable compromise?

In other words, the basic spec request becomes something like this:

- Option to set topics generated for embedded comments as unlisted by default.
- Special flag that can be put on selected unlisted topics (in this case automatically) to make them unlisted if they receive a reply.

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