# Topics which users cannot directly reply to, but can create a linked topic?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-which-users-cannot-directly-reply-to-but-can-create-a-linked-topic/150972
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 10, 2020, 5:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-which-users-cannot-directly-reply-to-but-can-create-a-linked-topic/150972 "2020-05-10T17:14:43Z")
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### Author: ![craigconstantine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/craigconstantine/32/511195_2.png) [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-which-users-cannot-directly-reply-to-but-can-create-a-linked-topic/150972/3 "2020-05-10T18:23:44Z")

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…hmmmm, I went clicking around here in Meta more, and in places I am seeing exactly the behavior I want (although maybe my initial post didn’t explain it well):

Here’s a topic [https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-windows-10-for-development/75149](https://meta.discourse.org/t/beginners-guide-to-install-discourse-on-windows-10-for-development/75149)…

Both the reply on the first post, and the reply-to-topic at the very end, do what I want [to do intentionally in my community].

- I see the reply control suggesting I can reply
- when I do, it defaults to my creating a linked-topic:

 ![Screen Shot 2020-05-10 at 2.20.27 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/c/5/c566a8bca7a2118b7afe392d65c7e54c8f40a3f8.png)

 ![Screen Shot 2020-05-10 at 2.21.22 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/a/9adb96125348e62059712a0e2f400f4a523bd140.png)

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