# Prevent replies to OP

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-replies-to-op/322513>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 20, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-replies-to-op/322513 "2024-08-20T15:37:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gotchur](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gotchur/32/424926_2.png) [@Gotchur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gotchur)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-replies-to-op/322513/5 "2024-08-21T17:46:03Z")

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This is actually a great example of what I am referring to. It seems that when you quote the OP, it ends up being a post reply instead of a topic reply.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/2/9/d291e46bf607247892f3686da37470ea87c342c5.png)

> [@ToddZ](#):
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> Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the Reply button on the OP and the Reply button for the Topic do the same thing

You are correct but as demonstrated above, there are still ways (seemingly) to create a post reply using quotes (maybe that’s the only way?).

> [@Lilly](#):
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> Hmmm perhaps this plugin can be adapted to suit your use case, which admittedly I do not understand…

This might be able to help, I will play around with this plugin, thank you! My use case is that I am looking to position topic replies as “on-topic” and post replies as “off-topic” where I will hide post replies from the topic thread and keep them nested under the post. With this structure, quoting the OP in a response is inherently “on-topic” and should not be nested. With my ideal design, the screenshot above would not be able to happen. I hope that makes sense?

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