# LoadError: cannot load such file -- topic\_list\_item\_serializer

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/loaderror-cannot-load-such-file-topic-list-item-serializer/321407
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [August 13, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loaderror-cannot-load-such-file-topic-list-item-serializer/321407 "2024-08-13T06:13:58Z")
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### Author: ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2024, 7:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/loaderror-cannot-load-such-file-topic-list-item-serializer/321407/7 "2024-08-13T07:12:13Z")

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yeah, that came up in that empty post feature request.

> [@Allow for empty posts and empty topic body](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-for-empty-posts-and-empty-topic-body/318665/24):
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> Ah! That’s a point. Sometimes on my forums, someone asks me where a certain sentence came from - and I quote the original post. Then I find that Discourse tells me that I must add at least one word, and I can’t send a pure quote. I don’t quite understand why.

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