# "Shadow" link for moved topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/shadow-link-for-moved-topics/23121>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [13 Dicembre 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shadow-link-for-moved-topics/23121 "2014-12-13T20:28:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![carighan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/carighan/32/49912_2.png) [@carighan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carighan)\
**Post date:** [14 Dicembre 2014, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shadow-link-for-moved-topics/23121/6 "2014-12-14T09:08:53Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Non-issue, as if you are tracking or have otherwise participated in the topic, your notifications for the topic will continue as usual. They are completely unaffected by the category change.

I pretty much agree. It’s a lot of noise on the forum for no reasonable benefit because you get your notifications anyhow. And the OP is assuming people never ever leave a specific category on a very large forum, which I’m not sure is even a common use case.

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