participating-in-a-discussion.md

title	intro	permissions	versions	shortTitle
Participating in a discussion	You can converse with the community and maintainers in a forum within the repository for a project on {% data variables.product.product_name %}.	People with read access to a repository can participate in discussions and polls in the repository. People with read access to the source repository for organization discussions can participate in discussions and polls in that organization. {% data reusables.enterprise-accounts.emu-permission-interact %}	feature discussions	Participate in discussion

About participation in a discussion

{% data reusables.discussions.about-discussions %} For more information, see "AUTOTITLE."

In addition to starting or viewing discussions and polls, you can:

• Comment in response to the original comment from the author of the discussion
• Create a comment thread by replying to an individual comment that another community member made within the discussion
• React to comments with emoji
• Upvote discussions and top-level comments to give them more visibility

{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}You can block users and report disruptive content to maintain a safe and pleasant environment for yourself on {% data variables.product.product_name %}. For more information, see "AUTOTITLE."{% endif %}

Prerequisites

{% data variables.product.prodname_discussions %} must be enabled for the repository or organization for you to participate in a discussion in the repository or organization. For more information, see "AUTOTITLE" and "AUTOTITLE."

Creating a discussion

{% data reusables.discussions.starting-a-discussion %}

Creating a poll

{% data reusables.discussions.starting-a-poll %}

Marking a comment as an answer

Discussion authors and users with the triage role or greater for a repository can mark a comment as the answer to a discussion in the repository. Similarly, discussion authors and users with the triage role or greater for the source repository for organization discussions can mark a comment as the answer to a discussion in the organization.

{% data reusables.discussions.marking-a-comment-as-an-answer %}

Upvoting a discussion

You can upvote discussions to give more visibility to the topics that matter to you, and sort discussions to see which have been upvoted the most. For more information on sorting discussions, see "AUTOTITLE."

{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %} {% data reusables.discussions.discussions-tab %}

1. In the list of discussions, find the discussion you want to upvote.

2. To the left of the discussion, click the upvote arrow.

   

3. Optionally, click the upvote arrow again to remove your upvote.

Upvoting a comment

You can upvote top-level comments in discussions, and sort top-level comments to see which comments have been upvoted the most. For more information on sorting comments, see "AUTOTITLE."

{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %} {% data reusables.discussions.discussions-tab %} {% data reusables.discussions.click-discussion-in-list %}

1. In the discussion, find a top-level comment you want to upvote.

2. Click on the upvote arrow at the bottom left of the comment.

   

3. Optionally, click the upvote arrow again to remove your upvote.