# Make share button public

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-share-button-public/19300>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [August 26, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-share-button-public/19300 "2014-08-26T16:22:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![cipher1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cipher1/32/42613_2.png) [@cipher1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cipher1)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-share-button-public/19300/7 "2014-08-26T17:57:41Z")

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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.

Ok, but how is an anon user supposed to make sure that the URL is targeting the correct post? If they can see post 25 in a topic, there is every chance that the URL could be pointing to post 23, or even - if posts are short and monitors big - post 21. Then they are using a URL for the wrong post. The share button removes the ambiguity and makes it clear what they are linking to.

> [@codinghorror](#):
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> That’s a good point, though – we should make the share button on the topic visible to anonymous users, since it’s not repeated on every post, and offers another vector.

What do you mean by “on the topic”?

- Do you mean on the first post? What good does that do the anon user if they want to share post 30?
- Do you mean in the header bar? That would be kind of weird, and anon users wouldn’t really know what behavior to expect, but at least it’s always visible.
- Do you mean the share button at the bottom of the topic? Then what if anon wants to share post 23 of 64?

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