# "Share a link" for a post should not leak username

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-link-for-a-post-should-not-leak-username/66489>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed\
**Created:** [2017 年7 月 20 日 05:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-link-for-a-post-should-not-leak-username/66489 "2017-07-20T05:23:45Z")\
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作者： ![RalfJung](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ralfjung/32/51654_2.png) [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)\
发布日期： [2017 年7 月 20 日 17:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-link-for-a-post-should-not-leak-username/66489/8 "2017-07-20T17:46:21Z")

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> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Then rather than clicking the 🔗 icon, type control-L then control-c. If you really want to use the mouse, then you can click the location bar in your browser, and probably right-click and select “copy”.

I usually want to link to a particular post. When I see three posts on the screen, I do not know which one the link goes to.

> [@pfaffman](#):
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> Being able to give users credit for bringing new users to a community is literally a valuable benefit in the eyes of many community managers.

I see. I personally don’t agree, but at least this explains why the name is added to the link. I still think it’s a very problematic default, but I realize that this kind of community building has higher priority here than privacy concerns.

> [@neil](#):
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> Usernames are public and specific to the site, so I don’t think it’s a privacy issue.

I don’t follow. It’s not about leaking the fact that a user with that name exists on that forum – that’s indeed public information. It’s about the fact that _this_ user is the one who originally shared _this_ link. That’s definitely not public information.

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