# Start a topic by pasting a link (like Reddit)

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-topic-by-pasting-a-link-like-reddit/54071
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** new-feature, featured-link
**Created:** [December 6, 2016, 12:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-topic-by-pasting-a-link-like-reddit/54071 "2016-12-06T00:18:41Z")
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### Author: ![DanielMarquard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/danielmarquard/32/74010_2.png) [@DanielMarquard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DanielMarquard)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/start-a-topic-by-pasting-a-link-like-reddit/54071/48 "2016-12-21T16:16:34Z")

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I love this feature!

I’ve written a browser plugin that allows users to click a toolbar button while browsing to share the page’s URL in a new Discourse topic. Unfortunately, it does not work when [creating a pre-filled topic via URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compose-a-new-pre-filled-topic-via-url/28074).

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