# References reloaded

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/references-reloaded/4879>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [August 1, 2023, 4:40am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/references-reloaded/4879 "2023-08-01T04:40:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/references-reloaded/4879/39 "2023-09-06T14:56:32Z")

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@kalman this is great news and I just noticed your post! I have made many suggestions around references here in the forum, I hope you have read some of them. Sorry I am in a rush now, I will come back later and try to do a better job “referencing” what I’ve suggested, but here are a few:

[Ability to quote text across Fibery like in Discourse](https://community.fibery.io/t/ability-to-quote-text-across-fibery-like-in-discourse/3336)  
[For Activity Stream, ability to see in chronological order References & Comments](https://community.fibery.io/t/for-activity-stream-ability-to-see-in-chronological-order-references-comments/1300)

> [@References to Views as a way to emulate Embedded Db's in Notion](https://community.fibery.io/t/references-to-views-as-a-way-to-emulate-embedded-dbs-in-notion/1247):
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> Hi guys, I would love to see some evolution of Backlinks/Highlights to cover Views. We can reference views now, but the Views themselves do not pick up those via Highlights/References. Views I think are a an under developed, powerful part of Fibery that I’d like to see get more attention as first-class citizens. As there are quite a few former Notion users in here, and I think Fibery has great chance to grow with Notion converts, these users are likely going to look for the ability to create…

[Add COMMENTS and REFERENCES to Feed](https://community.fibery.io/t/add-comments-and-references-to-feed/2455)

> [@Show in Reference Highlights Referenced Entity more clearly](https://community.fibery.io/t/show-in-reference-highlights-referenced-entity-more-clearly/1620):
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> My team extensively uses References/Highlights, it’s a real differentiating feature of Fibery. However, we find the biggest drawback is the inability for the References to capture context when you are writing more elaborate text, such as bullets, multiple paragraphs, etc. But these types of writings are commonplace and really can bring out the benefit of References. We are struggling with this right now. The main problem is that the only way you can ensure that in a Reference you get the ent…

I hope some of this stuff can be implemented in the new version of references, which already are one of the differentiating features of Fibery. Thanks!

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