(Entry was posted by Dino Tuka on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 03/04/2021).

Should I disavow Reddit backlinks?

Hello everyone, In GSC in section links, I looked at top linking pages-externally(external pages that linked to my home page)I was surprised to see that there are a bunch of links on reddit (those reddit posts were irrelevant to my site).The thing is, when I go to those reddit links I can`t find link to my home page anywhere.So the GSC is claiming they exist, but I can`t find them.How is this possible, and should I prepare a disavow file for those links since they are irrelevant?

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Dan Rok: Nothing to stress, it would be different if they were hardcore spam or something but a few Reddit links even out of context wonâ€™t hurt anything.
Dino Tuka: Dan Rok Thank you
Michael Martinez: Do not disavow Reddit links.

Do not disavow links just because you cannot find them.

You should only disavow links when you`re sure they are responsible for a manual action notice (you`ll receive that in Google Search Console).

As for where the links are on Reddit, they are posted in comments and on long discussions the comments are collapsed. It could take you hours to find the links.

Also, comments are sometimes edited or moderated after the search engines crawl them. You may never find the links. That doesn`t make them bad in any way.
Dino Tuka: Michael Martinez Thank you I wanted to disavow them because the threads are clearly irrelevant to anything on my website. But I wont bother now
Michael Martinez: Dino Tuka Do not disavow links that come from irrelevant content. There are no search engine prohibitions against such links.
Dino Tuka: Michael Martinez Thanks for the info!