# Pining topics hides the original author

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/pining-topics-hides-the-original-author/335367
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** pinned-topics
**Created:** [November 9, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pining-topics-hides-the-original-author/335367 "2024-11-09T18:27:18Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2024, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pining-topics-hides-the-original-author/335367/2 "2024-11-09T18:31:56Z")

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After pinning a topic you are usually the latest poster, because of the small post at the bottom which says that you pinned the topic.

 ![Screenshot_20241109_192931_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/6/a/86a3872de803dd5b726239699489f528d670ba8c.jpeg)  
You can delete that post. Then the latest poster works as you expect.  
You can also use [Topic List Author](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-author/269910) to show the author of the first post instead

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