User blog comment:Mira Laime/Introducing long-awaited Discussions updates/@comment-26407503-20190604051117/@comment-26339491-20190604220526

It's not on the immediate roadmap, but we're well aware that users are missing the ability to open posts in a new tab. It's a very reasonable request, and we know Discussions could still be improved, especially for desktop users, so please stay tuned for future updates. We're not done with this feature yet.