# Request: UNHIDE the reply-as-linked-topic function

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-unhide-the-reply-as-linked-topic-function/154943>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [15 ביוני,‏ 2020,‏ 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-unhide-the-reply-as-linked-topic-function/154943 "2020-06-15T22:03:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![mattdm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mattdm/32/216484_2.png) [@mattdm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mattdm)\
**Post date:** [15 בנובמבר,‏ 2021,‏ 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-unhide-the-reply-as-linked-topic-function/154943/7 "2021-11-15T00:00:33Z")

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OMG I’ve been using Discourse for years and _just learned this_. Previously, I thought the only way was:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/4/447dce22ed0f185d36394d4cec006494b1bc4434.png)  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/3/03ff9b2b6f57840e91caa91d5f0243bd6bcda494.png)

… so I’m excited to find this, but also a little disappointed. My informal polling has shown that _this is a surprise to all of the heavy users of the Fedora sites_. @codinghorror maybe that’s because we don’t have any [A+ students](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-unhide-the-reply-as-linked-topic-function/154943/4), but surely this should be known to at least… solid B-average folks?

I wrote a new mini-guide

> **[Site tip: create linked topics for deep dives or tangents](https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/site-tip-create-linked-topics-for-deep-dives-or-tangents/34526)**
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> Long threads are a difficult problem for any online conversation. This site uses Discourse, which keeps track of which posts are replies to others, but presents topics in a flat model rather than with nested threads. I think in general — here or...

… which hopefully will help. But really, when a doc like that needs to be written, I think it’s a sign that the design could use some love. I’d like this to come to people _naturally_.

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