# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock!

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> [@gnoitall](#):
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> Backlinks are unavoidable if you insist on doing a real link.

Having a clickable link to a post, while avoiding the back link at the linked post. Because sometimes you want to draw attention to a post, but not to your post linking to it.

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