# See Latest Reply in Topic, First
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [July 24, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013 "2018-07-24T15:09:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/1 "2018-07-24T15:09:03Z")
I see myself creating a lot of topics like this one at Codeacademy: [Welcome to our forums! Please Introduce Yourself](https://discuss.codecademy.com/t/welcome-to-our-forums-please-introduce-yourself/7188). In this case, it makes a LOT of sense to see the newest replies first (as opposed to the oldest), because I want my community’s newest members to receive love. Does the ability to decide which reply is shown first by the topic writer (not the user) available?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/2 "2018-07-24T15:38:56Z")
The best solution that I can think of is to create an Introductions category and encourage people to post a new topic in that category.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/3 "2018-07-24T15:44:49Z")
That would be a bit of a “boil the sea” solution as it would create a ton of new topic notifications for people to wade through. Not recommended.
The easy thing to do is include a jump to last post link at the top of the topic in the top of the first post, where people will land.
That looks like this
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/x/93013/last](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x/93013/last)
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### Author:  [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/4 "2018-07-24T16:04:50Z")
@codinghorror Good point on the topic notifications! So would you recommend @pfaffman’s solution of creating an Introductions category instead? This way people won’t be notified of every new member joining (unless they watch the category) but will see the latest introductions first.
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### Author:  [@xrav3nz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xrav3nz)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/5 "2018-07-24T16:16:17Z")
I believe Jeff meant that creating an introduction category would “create a ton of new topic notifications.”
i.e. resulting in a large number here:
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/6 "2018-07-24T16:28:32Z")
> [@debryc](#):
>
> So would you recommend @pfaffman’s solution of creating an Introductions category instead?
I would not recommend that, in fact I’d advise kinda strongly against it.
Instead, link to the topic in this form, with `/last` at the end, and whoever clicks that link will be jumped to the last post in the topic automatically.
```
|
v
https://discourse.example.com/t/topic-title/12345/last
```
I suggest you also edit this link into the first paragraph of the first post, like so:
> 📣 **Welcome!**
>
> [Jump to the last post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x/93013/last) to see the latest introductions.
That way new users entering at the top can easily jump to the end, and have a handy obvious link and call to action for doing so.
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### Author:  [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/7 "2018-07-24T16:31:28Z")
@xrav3nz @codinghorror, got it! Thank you for your patience in explaining how topic notifications work. Problem, solved.
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/8 "2018-07-24T16:35:56Z")
Probably depends on the amount of new, vocal joiners. I have an introduction category and it works fine, so agree with @pfaffman 🙂
It’s only a month old though … so I’ll let you know if it causes any trouble 😉
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### Author:  [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/9 "2018-07-24T16:38:38Z")
Please, do! Is your discourse public? If so, may I join it to take a look?
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### Author:  [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/see-latest-reply-in-topic-first/93013/10 "2018-07-24T16:43:42Z")
PM’d you the details @debryc