# How to keep the replies together?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-keep-the-replies-together/307676>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 12, 2024, 9:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-keep-the-replies-together/307676 "2024-05-12T09:17:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 12, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-keep-the-replies-together/307676/3 "2024-05-12T09:51:17Z")

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> [@0x22f1a6543a0](#):
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> When topics are replied, the forum always create a new topics in the father-topics.

This is not true.

When you Reply to a Topic, it will create new Posts that are Replies to the Topic.

The Topic OP is itself a Post.

A Topic is just a stream of Posts. It is one dimensional, but can have sign-posts for linking specific Posts to Posts they Reply to.

Topics are not “Threaded”

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