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

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**Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\
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It’s odd… it appears to be for footnotes. If you enter, for example,  
`Some text ^[Footnote text]`, you will see how it works for a footnote in  
the preview area. But when you post it, it shows as an inline pop-up like it  
does here: Some text \[1\]

It can be set by the Discourse admins to be either a footnote or an inline  
pop-up (which appears to be the case here). I don’t know why it shows as footnote in  
the preview but inline pop-up in the post. I guess that’s a bug.  
IMHO, it would be useful to have both options available instead of either/or.

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