# Topic originator automatic vote

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-originator-automatic-vote/183239
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** topic-voting
**Created:** [March 14, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-originator-automatic-vote/183239 "2021-03-14T23:40:25Z")
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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2026, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-originator-automatic-vote/183239/5 "2026-02-05T02:50:31Z")

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> [@Falco](#):
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> That would mean users won’t be able to create new topics if they have already spent all their votes too.

> [@Topic Voting Auto Self-Vote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-voting-auto-self-vote/394770/1):
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> 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.

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