# Rules for when users appear in meta data below first post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-when-users-appear-in-meta-data-below-first-post/329148
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** topic-map
**Created:** [October 3, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-when-users-appear-in-meta-data-below-first-post/329148 "2024-10-03T08:19:32Z")
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### Author: ![Liam\_Griffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/liam_griffin/32/423862_2.png) [@Liam\_Griffin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Liam_Griffin)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 8:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-when-users-appear-in-meta-data-below-first-post/329148/1 "2024-10-03T08:19:32Z")

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Hi folks - just a question that I can’t see documented anywhere, what are the rules for when users appear below the first post, eg:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/0/9/30910ff4b56486b22c3105cc98f0a54378954301.png)  
This is appearing on some posts and I can’t tell if it’s triggered by # of users in a topic or # of posts in a topic (or something else entirely). Ideally I’d like it to show on every post but I can’t find settings to customise the behaviour.

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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: [October 3, 2024, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-when-users-appear-in-meta-data-below-first-post/329148/2 "2024-10-03T08:24:08Z")

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It’s both

> [@Feedback on our simplified topic map experiment](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-on-our-simplified-topic-map-experiment/307584/47):
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> I’m also trying out some changes that hide low counts:
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> - Hide low read estimates (under 3 minutes)
> - Hide participant count if 5 or less
> - Show participant avatars if there are more than 10 posts
> - Hide like count when there are fewer than 5 likes or fewer than 10 posts

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### Author: ![Liam\_Griffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/liam_griffin/32/423862_2.png) [@Liam\_Griffin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Liam_Griffin)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2024, 8:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rules-for-when-users-appear-in-meta-data-below-first-post/329148/3 "2024-10-03T08:30:42Z")

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Thanks Moin! Super interesting feature - is there a way to change the default behaviour, eg: show participant avatars when there is \>2 posts?