Topic originator automatic vote

[Loki (Wyze Loki)]

Is is possible to have the originator of a votable topic automatically have their vote for the topic register when the topic is approved by the moderators?

[Falco]

That would mean users won’t be able to create new topics if they have already spent all their votes too.

[Loki (Wyze Loki)]

Ah, good point. We don’t limit user votes, so that hadn’t occurred to me.

I will instead look into putting a bold-text reminder in the message they get when their topic is approved.

[Moin]

There is now a theme component that adds auto voting on own topics as a feature:

Topic Voting Auto Self-Vote

Summary Enable automatic topic votes when a user creates a topic Repository GitHub - dereklputnam/discourse-topic-voting-auto-self-vote Install Guide How to install a theme or theme component New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s guide to using Discourse Themes Install this theme component If your community has limited votes to cast, such as here on Meta, it makes sense for the OP’s vote not automatically be c…

[mcwumbly (Dave McClure)]

@Falco

That would mean users won’t be able to create new topics if they have already spent all their votes too.

@putty

If your community has limited votes to cast, such as here on Meta, it makes sense for the OP’s vote not automatically be cast (see discussion here)

Rather than block creating topics, I could imagine the logic being that the topic is still created, but the vote is not auto-cast if there are no votes left.