Questions tagged [sharing]
For questions relating to sharing a post or promoting the site via email, on Facebook, or on Twitter.
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Privacy leak in permalink?
Update (Jan 8, 2019)
This is now 8 years old, but still getting occasional upvotes/attention, so I thought it's worth giving a summary of the current state. Despite originally being status-declined, ...
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How can I link to a specific answer?
Is there a permalink I can use for answers/comments?
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Please ditch all of the share icons - they give me nightmares
Too aggressive. I am hunted in my dreams by the "share on whatever is the cool sharing place people like this year".
I would mostly appreciate something less visually aggressive, or an option to ...
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Know someone who can answer? Share list broken
The list has several empty strings in it for me right now:
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Upvote = Permalink
I've noticed, lately, that on upvoting a question the permalink of this question is shown and selected.
Normally, after upvoting a question, I use the arrow key to read the answers. With the focus on ...
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How and when does the tracking of shared links work?
My two main questions:
Are all URLs that include your User Id tracked?
Can the visitors who use the tracked URLs have Stack Exchange accounts?
Specifically:
Recently the ability to earn badges for ...
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For what purposes is the user ID used when sharing a link?
My user ID on StackOverflow is 50776.
I just noticed that when sharing a link, it's appended to the end of any link when I try and get a link for a question/post.
I'm curious what purposes this is ...
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Mechanism to track shares
When I share a question, say to my facebook or twitter, it gets tracked by the site. (I know it must, otherwise you wouldn't be able to provide badges for successful shares!)
Would it be possible to ...
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Add social media sharing icons to the "link" popup
Given the "problem" raised here: But I don't wanna share
The problem is, and others seem to uphold my opinion on this, I don't want to share my answers. What I do want to share are other ...
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Sequence behind awarding link badges (Announcer, Booster, Publicist) [closed]
I just have a thought on the new link badges:
Announcer - Shared a link to a question that was visited by 50 unique IP addresses in 2 days
Booster - Shared a link to a question that was visited by ...
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Share menu hangs iOS app [closed]
The Share menu in iOS 13 got a redesign, and the Stack Exchange iOS app is no longer compatible with it. I can still use it to copy the link, but when I try close the menu, it remains stuck.
Opening ...
GlorfindelMod
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Collaborative Answers / Point-Sharing
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Perhaps if the author of the accepted-answer were informed that his answer (after heavy editing) was accepted. "You can share a portion of your score with the editor." Have a ...
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But I don't wanna share
For some reason on my newest answer I have a box on the bottom asking me to share my answer on random social networks:
None of my other answers have that little box....
How long does it stay there, ...
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Please add the ability to email questions and answers to friends
A friend and I were discussing the MVP vs. MVC pattern the other day (mainly in terms of "we don't know what MVP is and how it differs from MVC) and i found the question on SO discussing this.
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Why do "share" links include user IDs? [duplicate]
I've noticed that the "share" links on answers and comments note that they not only include the answer ID, but the user's ID as well:
Why does Stack Exchange do this? Obviously, it is tracking it, ...
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Avoid sharing bad questions at Facebook
Related: Avoid tweeting bad questions
Sharing questions by Stack Exchange FB account is possibly automated, but shouldn't it avoid sharing questions with close votes?
For example this had (I ...
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Idea to promote more traffic to non-technical related Stack Exchange sites
The moderator/founder of one of the Stack Exchange sites I frequent, Basically Money, frequently tweets links to questions on his feed. This got me thinking that perhaps a way to solve the dilemma of ...
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Facebook playing hide and seek
Is Stack Overflow talking about their period? I sure don't want to share it with people.
See for yourself:
Appears below questions without answers on the main site.
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Add button for publishing questions (and answers?) on facebook(/Twitter/whatever)
Sometimes, especially with niche or otherwise tricky questions, I'd like to increase posts' visibility as much as possible. One approach I've taken for this is posting a link to the question as a ...
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Can I hide the sharing buttons?
Can I hide any of the sharing buttons? I don't use LinkedIn or Facebook to share questions, but I occasionally use Twitter.
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What is the preferred way to mention Stack Overflow from Twitter?
I wanted to tweet something on the lines of "Stack Overflow is awesome". When I do this kind of stuff, I usually use a username (for example: @microsoft) or a hashtag (#linux)
I found @...
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Include comment markdown formatting in "Share" link
I find I often want to link to other related questions in comments and frequently use the "Share" link below a question:
Invariably, I also want to share the title for a readable link, so ...
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Option to disable "share a link to this question" popup?
I find this popup very annoying, and will stop upvoting questions if I have to see it every time I do so. Can you please add an option to disable it?
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Do moderators need to remove their user ID from shared SE links in moderator messages in order to remain anonymous?
The moderator messaging system was recently changed so that the identity of the moderator who sends a message is hidden from the recipient:
The signature on the template moderator messages will be ...
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Share buttons for chat events!
TildalWave recently had a great idea: Add share buttons to chat events!
Here's a concept drawing of what I'd like it to be: Let's get rid of the export and delete links right after each title, and ...
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Improvements to the prefilled content of the Tweet this button
I am changing the prefilled text for Twitter every time, for example this prefilled text
Stack Exchange User Experience Q: Hide or disable form options? http://t.co/zKpRWkG
I mainly make more use ...
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Make share links HTTPS
I've been using Stack Exchange (specifically Stack Overflow) on HTTPS for a while now. You should too.
Either:
Make the share link produce HTTPS every time.
.----------------------------------------...
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Share question/answer links to LinkedIn
Presently we have the share link option to Facebook and Twitter. Why not LinkedIn?
Edit:
Why LinkedIn?
LinkedIn is place for professional networking and I believe if I shared a question/answer ...
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Add markdown quick-links to the share dialog? [duplicate]
When I wish to share a link to a post in a comment this is my workflow:
write []()
search for the question
remember the title of the question
click on the share box
copy the link
paste into ...
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Would anyone be interested in QR codes for questions?
Would anyone be interested in a feature that generates QR codes for questions to increase their visibility? With the proliferation of smart phones, this may actually be an effective way to bring more ...
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What is this “Can you help?” message above the answer box?
I was looking at a new question on Retrocomputing (Where and what was Haunt.bat? A game pre-loaded on a c1992 PC) and saw this message above the answer box:
What is this message? Was it added by a ...
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Area51's Share section is using Twitter's old logo, which Twitter's branding guidelines are against
A variation of the old (really old) Twitter logo is being used in various places on Area51 when sharing is involved:
This goes against Twitter's branding guidelines (which have been in place for ...
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Please add back the Social Networking Links on Beta Sites
Recently, one of our users on PMSE, a high rep user and a moderator, pointed out that the Twitter and Facebook share links that appeared to the left of questions are no longer present. I vaguely ...
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"Group" feature to share knowledge between developers [duplicate]
In my company (as probably in many) we are struggling to share the knowledge. This goes from product-specific knowledge (which would not fit on Stack Overflow) to more broad knowledge like the one ...
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What controls the visibility of the "Share your answer" section?
As the title states, I've noticed that after answering a question I can share my answer on Facebook/Twitter, yet this option disappears when looking at answers I've posted previously elsewhere.
Is ...
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Sharing reputation for good comments that contribute to the quality of the answer [duplicate]
Sometimes a comment can add great value to an answer once its content has been incorporated into the answer. Perhaps correcting an error to an otherwise good answer, plugging a logic hole, rendering a ...
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New sharing option named "DEV" added to the "share" option
In Stack Overflow, when clicking on the "share" option on a post, in the "share" popup, there is a new icon added as "DEV", clicking on that navigates to https://dev.to.
Is the "DEV" sharing option ...
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Remove Google+ recommendations and references
Now that Google is officially killing Google+, we should drop it from the list of sharing suggestions at the bottom of every unanswered question throughout the network (except meta sites). The ...
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Link of Share button shows stop sign on hover
A recent change in the CSS of the Share button under posts has the pointer turning into a stop (or forbidden) sign if you hover over the link.
(I wasn't able to take a screenshot containing the cursor ...
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I had my accounts merged. Do I need to update all my share links to ensure I'm awarded publicity badges?
My main user ID on the Information Security site changed from 165253 to 106285 since my accounts were merged. Does this invalidate all of the share links in my posts which use my old user ID?
https://...
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Separate "share" from "direct link"
Background
Often I wish to quote other answers in my own answers or comments, at that time I need a direct link to the answer. That is of course what the share button is for.
Crazy work arounds
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Does the "sharing" an answer encourage ring voting?
I have noticed that I can now share my answer on Facebook and Twitter, but I only have my friends on my Facebook and Twitter accounts, so surely by me sharing an answer I'm encouraging ring voting?
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Shortened URL is not listed in the Linked section
Within a certain site, when I link to any question or answer for a reference, I've been using short URL's like /q/12345 or /a/12345, and these are linking and redirecting correctly.
But the linked ...
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Under what conditions is a user invited to "share a link to this question"?
Know someone who can answer? Share a link to this question via email, Google+, Twitter, or Facebook.
This notice occasionally appears under a question with no answers. But not often. What are the ...
user259867
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Clicking on share reloads the page on a slow connection
Clicking on share reloads the page on a slow connection. Tested on Chrome 105.0.5195.102 + Windows 10. I don't think it should reload the page. Demo:
Not sure if I should tag as bug or feature ...
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Can we have a page that lets us show off a specific badge we've earned?
Is there a way to share a link to an SO page which says that I got awarded a badge? I'm kinda proud of one I just got so I'd like to post about it on social networks like Twitter / Facebook. But I ...
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Why does Stack Exchange have social media sharing?
What motivation(s) does Stack Exchange have for social media sharing?
Is it:
To enhance the experience of the person viewing the page?
To increase the number of people visiting Stack Exchange?
If ...
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Share icons appearing on every post [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
But I don't wanna share
The share icons appear to have started appearing on every answer, starting today (June 19th). According to this post they should only appear "a ...
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Being able to share a Q&A proposal without being involved [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can I refer someone without committing?
I think that the "Share this" link should always be displayed on an Area51 proposal.
Actually, it is only displayed if you're involved ...
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