# How do link to a specific post in a thread?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-link-to-a-specific-post-in-a-thread/181986>\
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**Created:** [June 15, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-link-to-a-specific-post-in-a-thread/181986 "2003-06-15T08:03:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-link-to-a-specific-post-in-a-thread/181986/1 "2003-06-15T08:03:24Z")

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It’s in the title, really. How do I link to a specific post halfway down the page or whatever?

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-link-to-a-specific-post-in-a-thread/181986/2 "2003-06-15T08:07:44Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1982344#post1982344](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1982344#post1982344)

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**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-link-to-a-specific-post-in-a-thread/181986/3 "2003-06-15T08:10:11Z")

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Not to sound stupid… but where did you get the post number?

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-link-to-a-specific-post-in-a-thread/181986/4 "2003-06-15T08:13:18Z")

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I usually hover my cursor over the edit or quote buttons and at the bottom of your browser it’ll mention the url and at the end you’ll find the post id.

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**Author:** ![Loneraven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c0e974/32.png) [@Loneraven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loneraven)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2003, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-link-to-a-specific-post-in-a-thread/181986/5 "2003-06-15T08:16:03Z")

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Thanks!