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Like

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Reply

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    • Just click “:fas_reply: Reply”; or
    • To quote someone, select the relevant text and select the “:fas_quote_left: Quote” button that pops up.
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Create new topic

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  • Choose a relevant category.

  • You can add tags (e.g. “cto” or “dols”).

Anonymous posting

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Notifications

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  • The default is :fasbellone: Watching first post for the “Law and practice” subcategories and the “Site feedback” category, and :fasbellexclamation: Watching for any topic to which you add a reply.

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Badges

  • The badges come as part of the forum software, e.g. you will get a “Read guidelines” badge for reading this page. It’s a bit of fun and you can just ignore it.