# Topic owner = topic moderator

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-owner-topic-moderator/142896
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 28, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-owner-topic-moderator/142896 "2020-02-28T16:21:54Z")
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### Author: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-owner-topic-moderator/142896/8 "2020-02-28T18:35:17Z")

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Discourse is, first and foremost, a **discussion** software.

Being the OP, just means that you started a discussion. After people read and start replying, you don’t _own_ the discussion anymore than every other participant.

From this angle, it makes no sense allowing the OP to moderate a topic.

If you need a system where you have complete control over the interaction on your content, you may want to use a Blog or a microblog software.

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