# Topic Redirection without topic ID sends you to a PM instead of a Public Topic
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-redirection-without-topic-id-sends-you-to-a-pm-instead-of-a-public-topic/125697
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [13 augustus 2019 om 19:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-redirection-without-topic-id-sends-you-to-a-pm-instead-of-a-public-topic/125697 "2019-08-13T19:24:45Z")
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### Author:  [@dje4321](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dje4321)
#### Post date: [13 augustus 2019 om 19:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-redirection-without-topic-id-sends-you-to-a-pm-instead-of-a-public-topic/125697/1 "2019-08-13T19:24:45Z")
Ive encountered a minor bug where this link [Decent Discourse Tutorial - TL0 [DRAFT] - Decent Discourse Tutorial - Ordered Chaotic Discussions](https://forum.0cd.xyz/t/decent-discourse-tutorial-tl0-draft) sends you to topic ID 374 which is a PM instead of topic ID 274 which is a publicly accessible topic.
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Public Topic
> **[Decent Discourse Tutorial - TL0 \[DRAFT\]](https://forum.0cd.xyz/t/decent-discourse-tutorial-tl0-draft/274)**
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> Trust level 0 (New User) is the starting trust level for all new members. Your options for what you can do are fairly limited. You are primarily limited to seeing posts and getting a feel for moving around discourse. Youll gain more permissions...
Private Topic
[https://forum.0cd.xyz/t/decent-discourse-tutorial-tl0-draft/374](https://forum.0cd.xyz/t/decent-discourse-tutorial-tl0-draft/374)
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [13 augustus 2019 om 21:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-redirection-without-topic-id-sends-you-to-a-pm-instead-of-a-public-topic/125697/2 "2019-08-13T21:40:02Z")
Patient: “Doctor! My arm hurts when I bend it this way.”
Doctor: “Don’t bend your arm that way.”
So, use [https://forum.0cd.xyz/t/decent-discourse-tutorial-tl0-draft/374](https://forum.0cd.xyz/t/decent-discourse-tutorial-tl0-draft/374). Using the URL without the topic ID isn’t supposed to work.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [13 augustus 2019 om 22:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-redirection-without-topic-id-sends-you-to-a-pm-instead-of-a-public-topic/125697/3 "2019-08-13T22:46:27Z")