# Self voting on topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-voting-on-topics/127280>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** topic-voting\
**Created:** [August 31, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-voting-on-topics/127280 "2019-08-31T12:47:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![putty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/putty/32/370902_2.png) [@putty](https://meta.discourse.org/u/putty)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-voting-on-topics/127280/9 "2026-01-28T20:36:37Z")

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> [@ToddZ](#):
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> When votes are a limited commodity

But I wish there were an option for communities (such as mine) that don’t have limited votes. In our case, it would be a QoL improvement to have the author auto-vote. They took the time to submit the feature request and clearly want it themselves, but they often forget to vote.

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