# Setting for auto closing topic if OP is hidden

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-for-auto-closing-topic-if-op-is-hidden/33390>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [17 Settembre 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-for-auto-closing-topic-if-op-is-hidden/33390 "2015-09-17T11:08:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [17 Settembre 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-for-auto-closing-topic-if-op-is-hidden/33390/3 "2015-09-17T13:49:08Z")

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If this is a setting I think it should be default on, if the OP is hidden conversation simply degenerates into “why was the op hidden” nothing good comes of that

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