# Automatically combining messages by a single user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-combining-messages-by-a-single-user/286179>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [November 21, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-combining-messages-by-a-single-user/286179 "2023-11-21T08:41:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![OrkoGrayskull](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/orkograyskull/32/275883_2.png) [@OrkoGrayskull](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OrkoGrayskull)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-combining-messages-by-a-single-user/286179/1 "2023-11-21T08:41:58Z")

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Hello Community,

Some forum users use forums like chats. The “max consecutive replies” function has already been introduced for this case.

The forum software XenForo has a useful function that allows the software to automatically combine subsequent replies from the same user into a single reply. If a user posts a second reply directly below their previous reply, the replies are automatically merged and a dividing line is automatically inserted.

I miss this option in Discourse or have not been able to find it yet.

Are there any plans to implement this?

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