# Prevent Reply to Post showing as a Reply to topic?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-reply-to-post-showing-as-a-reply-to-topic/261352>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [April 11, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-reply-to-post-showing-as-a-reply-to-topic/261352 "2023-04-11T17:37:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![giphymarker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@giphymarker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/giphymarker)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/prevent-reply-to-post-showing-as-a-reply-to-topic/261352/1 "2023-04-11T17:37:28Z")

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Hey everyone! I just set up my first Discourse forum woot woot!

When someone replies to a post, it also shows up essentially as it’s own post. Is there a way to change this so the post replies are only visible by expanding the post?

I feel like it will make things more streamlined. Let me know!

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