# 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:** [Agosto 30, 2016, 4:56pm 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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**Author:** ![rhrmn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@rhrmn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rhrmn)\
**Post date:** [Julho 24, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-merge-first-and-second-post-in-a-topic-even-though-both-are-written-by-the-same-author/49444/7 "2018-07-24T03:15:44Z")

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Same issue. New user posts new topic and posts a reply instead of editing their original post. I would like to merge the two posts but this isn’t an option for the first two posts in a topic. Please consider allowing the first two posts in a topic to be merged.

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