# Links naar mijn forum werken niet wanneer ze op sociale media worden geplaatst
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [25 januari 2024 om 21:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971 "2024-01-25T21:33:02Z")
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### Author:  [@chantal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chantal)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 21:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/1 "2024-01-25T21:33:02Z")
Hello,
whenever I repost a link to my Discourse forum let’s say to Facebook, it leads to a non-working page. And if I post a link to any discussion anywhere on social media, then the discussion which opens consists of a blank white page, no replies and just the title. On the forum, the discussion displays without issues.
Basically, any sharing of a link to my forum on social media leads to an error page. When posted on social media, the hyperlink gets various letters and numbers added to the end and I guess this is what is deeming the address unworkable.
Does anyone know what is wrong and any way to solve it?
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 21:36 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/2 "2024-01-25T21:36:32Z")
Could you send a link here by chance?
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### Author:  [@chantal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chantal)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 21:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/3 "2024-01-25T21:59:10Z")
I would prefer not to share domain in public but this is what happens when someone clicks on a reposted thread on FB:
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### Author:  [@chantal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chantal)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 22:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/4 "2024-01-25T22:02:27Z")
And when I post a direct link to the forum itself (not specific thread), then it’s just a blank non-working broken error page.
After clicking on the domain on FB, then in the browser, the address is followed with something like ?fbclid=IwAR3o9S5-qlt2\_CMmFVoHpEsntmYymJfAGz-6gDvW6H9XE8y
But the domain won’t open.
The only way how my domain opens is after typing it manually into the browser.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 22:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/5 "2024-01-25T22:06:29Z")
So the link looks for example like this?
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work/292971/3?fbclid=IwAR3o9S5-qlt2\_CMmFVoHpEsntmYymJfAGz-6gDvW6H9XE8y](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work/292971/3?fbclid=IwAR3o9S5-qlt2_CMmFVoHpEsntmYymJfAGz-6gDvW6H9XE8y)
Does the same happen with links to other forums like this one or does it only happen with yours?
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### Author:  [@chantal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chantal)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 22:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/6 "2024-01-25T22:08:51Z")
Yes, just like that in the browser.
When I post on FB, the link is normal. Once you click on it, in the browser there are letters and numbers added to the end.
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### Author:  [@chantal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chantal)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 22:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/7 "2024-01-25T22:11:16Z")
> [@Moin](#):
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> Does the same happen with links to other forums like this one or does it only happen with yours?
I just tried to post a link to this (meta discourse) thread on FB and it added the numbers and letters as well into the browser. But the redirect perfectly worked.
So, it must be a problem that the forum is somehow not accepting redirects when the letters and numbers are added.
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 22:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/8 "2024-01-25T22:12:20Z")
Could you copy the URL Facebook changes it to and just redact your domain (possibly topic name as well)? And perhaps the same for Meta as well as a proof-of-concept?
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### Author:  [@chantal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chantal)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 22:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/9 "2024-01-25T22:15:18Z")
I don’t think the issue is with the link being transformed when posted on FB, since this happens whenever you post any link to social media - these letters and numbers are also added to the redirected link.
But somehow my domain doesn’t work unless it doesn’t contain any additions.
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [25 januari 2024 om 22:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/10 "2024-01-25T22:16:24Z")
Again, could you provide a redacted example from your site alongside one from Meta?
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [26 januari 2024 om 23:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/11 "2024-01-26T23:12:47Z")
The topic your trying to post on Facebook or other social sites. Is the Topic viewable if not logged into your site?
If Security setting does not have:
- Everyone. See
Then external sites will get an error.
Since your reluctance to share a link. I suspect your trying to share on Social sites restricted topics that you need to be logged onto your site
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### Author:  [@chantal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chantal)
#### Post date: [1 februari 2024 om 01:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/12 "2024-02-01T01:40:05Z")
There are no restricted topics, it’s just a normal forum.
I tried hiring 3 different people on Fiver and no one could advise me what is wrong.
I just noticed, that actually any direct hyperlink to a thread on the forum will lead to a broken page showing just the thread title but a blank white instead of its content.
If I just put a link to any thread on the forum into a browser - a blank page opens. When I click on the same page directly on the forum, it opens without issues.
The issue started happening since we restored the forum from a backup.
When I have it installed for the first time, everything worked normal till restoration from backup.
Is there anyone familiar with Discourse who provides paid services of fixing Discourse related issues?
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### Author:  [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [1 februari 2024 om 04:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/13 "2024-02-01T04:27:25Z")
> [@chantal](#):
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> Is there anyone familiar with Discourse who provides paid services of fixing Discourse related issues?
I believe a #Marketplace topic would work well for that.
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### Author:  [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)
#### Post date: [3 februari 2024 om 00:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/14 "2024-02-03T00:10:41Z")
Anyone could possibly help in a topic. But you would need to post perhaps some screenshots.
As you have mentioned it was fine until restoring your site. As @Firepup650 mentioned Marketplace might be best if your Willing if needed to permit them access.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [3 februari 2024 om 00:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/15 "2024-02-03T00:12:08Z")
I believe this has been resolved?
> [@\[PAID\] Need someone to fix bugs and errors on my Discourse forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-someone-to-fix-bugs-and-errors-on-my-discourse-forum/293806/4):
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> I found the problem. It was in the site’s CSS: #ember19 { display: none; } If you have code like this Discourse warns in the CSS editor: Sorry – using #ember or .ember-view CSS selectors is not permitted, because these names are dynamically generated at runtime and will change over time, eventually resulting in broken CSS. Try a different selector. Presumably this was used to turn off some element of Discourse in the past, but the id was assigned to a new element after the upgrade. Whate…
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [3 februari 2024 om 13:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-to-my-forum-do-not-work-when-posted-to-social-media/292971/16 "2024-02-03T13:08:30Z")
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