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[SOLVED] Looking for help linking to a specific comment on Reddit

Posted by boxer_dogs_dance
Tags: social media, ask.advice, reddit, solved

Hi,

Thanks for looking at this. There is a specific comment in a reddit conversation that I want to share in a few different places. It's important to me.

I tried this a few years ago when I wanted to participate in r/bestof and I could not make sense of the instructions that they provided.

I am not a technologically skilled person but I have learned a few tricks using markdown while participating here on tildes.

Can someone please give advice and possibly help me troubleshoot ? I will be returning to my computer and hopefully trying out suggestions about four hours from the time stamp on this post.

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    Buddy
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    The button right under the comment that says “permalink” is what you’re looking for. When you click that, it opens a page that is what you’re looking for — a link to that specific comment — and...

    The button right under the comment that says “permalink” is what you’re looking for. When you click that, it opens a page that is what you’re looking for — a link to that specific comment — and you can just copy the link from your address bar, assuming you’re using a browser and not a dedicated app.

    Edit: Just in case my explanation wasn't clear, I opened the top askreddit post via desktop browser to quickly take a screenshot and highlight the button, as seen here. Once you've clicked it, the page it loads is a direct link to that comment and looks like this. Just copy the URL of that page from the address bar (or you could also just right-click the permalink button and select "copy link" without the need to load the page itself first).
    If you're on a mobile app, there should be a "share" button or something equally obvious, plus you mentioned getting back to your computer, so I'm assuming you did mean via desktop.

    5 votes
    1. Wes
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      Link Parent
      You can also append ?context=n to the URL to include some preceding comments, where n is the number of ancestors to include. The permalinked comment will remain highlighted. This is sometimes...
      • Exemplary

      You can also append ?context=n to the URL to include some preceding comments, where n is the number of ancestors to include. The permalinked comment will remain highlighted. This is sometimes useful for showing the full context of a conversation, while still putting emphasis on a lower comment.

      5 votes
    2. boxer_dogs_dance
      Link Parent
      Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for. And yes I will use a browser on desktop.

      Thank you! This is exactly what I was looking for.

      And yes I will use a browser on desktop.

      5 votes