# Make share button public

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-share-button-public/19300>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014 年8 月 26 日 16:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-share-button-public/19300 "2014-08-26T16:22:17Z")\
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作者： ![Dan\_G](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dan_g/32/114732_2.png) [@Dan\_G](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dan_G)\
发布日期： [2014 年8 月 27 日 02:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-share-button-public/19300/20 "2014-08-27T02:50:11Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> At Stack Exchange we found that users shared URLs from the address bar way more than any particular share button. In fact, explicit sharing buttons were removed due to lack of use:

Share buttons are mysterious and scary. You’re never sure they won’t add more than you want when sharing things. Sharing links is simple.

In fact, I’d totally be on board with renaming share to “permalink” and removing all the social media icons.

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