# Cannot merge first and second post in a topic even though both are written by the same author

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2016 年8 月 30 日 16:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444 "2016-08-30T16:56:02Z")\
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作者： ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
发布日期： [2016 年8 月 31 日 00:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444/5 "2016-08-31T00:17:37Z")

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> [@jomaxro](#):
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> What makes it special?

The first post, although a post, is in a real sense also “the topic”.

So this would be like merging a post not into, but with a topic.

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