# With the new right gutter, where should "Reply as Linked Topic" go?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-the-new-right-gutter-where-should-reply-as-linked-topic-go/44815>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [5월 12, 2016, 1:02오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-the-new-right-gutter-where-should-reply-as-linked-topic-go/44815 "2016-05-12T13:02:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [5월 26, 2016, 10:26오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/with-the-new-right-gutter-where-should-reply-as-linked-topic-go/44815/22 "2016-05-26T22:26:29Z")

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> [@cpradio](#):
>
> I wonder how easy it would be to write a [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true) Query to see how many regular users are using this feature.

I came up with a couple of queries. The one finds “Reply as” topics, the other both “Reply as” and “copied link” topics.

```plaintext
WITH op_posts AS ( SELECT id 
                , raw
                FROM posts 
                WHERE post_number = 1
                )
SELECT COUNT(id) 
FROM op_posts 
WHERE raw LIKE '%Continuing the discussion from%'

```

.

```plaintext
WITH op_posts AS ( SELECT id 
                , raw
                FROM posts 
                WHERE post_number = 1
                )
SELECT COUNT(topic_links.id)  
FROM topic_links 
JOIN op_posts 
ON topic_links.link_post_id = op_posts.id
WHERE topic_links.internal 
AND topic_links.reflection 

```

I tried a bit to get them into a single query but gave up (for now)

On my localhost I got 15 and 28 - so about half and half  
But of course I use localhost to _test_ things, _not_ real statistical analysis.

IMHO it would be good to get real statistics from a real forum and use those in judging how prominent the feature should be.

If you use badge\_posts instead of posts that should exclude private categories.

Also, I did not come up with a query to find “Mod split to new” topics. i.e. those that member(s) should have started a new topic, but made off-topic posts instead.

```plaintext
SELECT COUNT(id)
FROM posts 
WHERE action_code LIKE 'split_topic'
AND raw LIKE '%posts were split to a new topic%'

```

Granted, having a more visible “Reply as” probably won’t reduce off-topic posts much, but maybe.

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