# How to "reply as topic"?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 26, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891 "2017-03-26T01:51:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@int19h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/int19h)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891/1 "2017-03-26T01:51:05Z")
I keep seeing references to the ability to reply to a topic by creating another topic, but I can’t find the UI that would actually let me do that. It looks like it was a menu option when clicking on the dots at some point, but now that it brings up a bunch of icons, I don’t see reply as topic there - only things like “like”, “flag”, and “delete”.
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### Author:  [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891/2 "2017-03-26T01:53:10Z")
Click on the timestamp or the share (chain link) icon on a post, then look for the New Topic button.
One the editor is open, you can also select reply as new topic from the reply selector arrow at upper left:
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### Author:  [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891/5 "2017-03-26T12:39:21Z")
It’s really tucked away and users rarely find it / use it.
I created these instructions and periodically bump them on my forum:
[https://se23.life/t/how-to-reply-as-a-new-linked-topic-with-optional-quoting/2036?u=chrisbeach](https://se23.life/t/how-to-reply-as-a-new-linked-topic-with-optional-quoting/2036?u=chrisbeach)
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### Author:  [@int19h](https://meta.discourse.org/u/int19h)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891/6 "2017-03-27T22:53:03Z")
Yep, we also ended up making a pinned topic in “Site Feedback” on this.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891/7 "2019-05-19T15:16:32Z")
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### Author:  [@T\_Yamada](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Yamada)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891/11 "2021-02-18T05:58:15Z")
I also have the same queation. thx.
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### Author:  [@matklad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/matklad)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2021, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891/12 "2021-10-20T12:44:00Z")
Just had to google this, as I wanted to create a separate topic, and couldn’t figure out how to do it just from UX. Perhaps it makes sense to add some UI affordance to show that this is possible? Ie, the Reply button could look like `<- Reply | ...` or something.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reply-as-topic/59891/13 "2023-06-22T03:52:56Z")
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