# Author can see Voting icon on their own post/comment but gets an error when trying to vote

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/author-can-see-voting-icon-on-their-own-post-comment-but-gets-an-error-when-trying-to-vote/272257
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** post-voting
**Created:** [July 20, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/author-can-see-voting-icon-on-their-own-post-comment-but-gets-an-error-when-trying-to-vote/272257 "2023-07-20T09:50:34Z")
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### Author: ![nathank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nathank/32/290039_2.png) [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2023, 9:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/author-can-see-voting-icon-on-their-own-post-comment-but-gets-an-error-when-trying-to-vote/272257/1 "2023-07-20T09:50:34Z")

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The post author can see the voting icon (on their own post) but get an error message if they try and vote. Would be much better if hidden for the post author!

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/5/d/25d6dcb0bdaaf55ba60b257605b1f2c844c6c9d1.png)