# Nofollow complex behavior?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/nofollow-complex-behavior/97910>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [September 24, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nofollow-complex-behavior/97910 "2018-09-24T05:54:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stranik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stranik/32/85638_2.png) [@Stranik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stranik)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nofollow-complex-behavior/97910/1 "2018-09-24T05:54:08Z")

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I’m not quite sure how the nofollow tag is used. For example, I have created different messages in different sections and some have a tag, while others do not.

Open category testing:

[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)

[https://ya.ru](https://ya.ru)

In private messages:

 ![nofollow](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/5/85f7743653134a69761e89e9e06e115e4c119c39.jpeg)  
This on this forum: `t/97895`

Depending on the level of trust, the privacy of the sections, the behavior of the tag is different?

**Addition.** Hmm… I do not understand. Here likewise there is no tag.

 ![nofollow-2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/3/4/34a0d78dff3c5a45bcf12d22d2fb6e36f36e1ec0.jpeg)

On my forum this should not be due to TL  
 ![1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/0/4040a97552bc9b6a3fe7049f5991be25d9ad9b3d.jpeg)

But in fact

 ![nofollow-3](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/5/45cabc723c80a924cb3f705739ef3fefd7bb2816.jpeg)

P.S. perhaps this is a bug that is somehow related to `tl3 links no follow`?

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