# Topic participants order works weird

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-participants-order-works-weird/267785>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [June 9, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-participants-order-works-weird/267785 "2023-06-09T11:53:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoukoSaari](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/joukosaari/32/310638_2.png) [@JoukoSaari](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JoukoSaari)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-participants-order-works-weird/267785/1 "2023-06-09T11:53:01Z")

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Hi!

We use our forum for technical support mainly so it’s important for us to quickly check what user posted last in a given topic. I found an official beginner’s guide that states the following:

> On the homepage you will see a selection of avatars (profile pictures) of:
> 
> - the user who started the topic (always the first photo);
> - a selection of the most active participants;
> - and, **who created the most recent post (usually the last photo)**.
> - **in some cases, the first photo has a blue border or blue halo to indicate that the original poster is also the most recent poster**.

While the OP is indeed always the first avatar in the list, the order doesn’t change in any way when there are several participants, they are simply added chronologically. Also the blue glow applies only to users for some reason, so in cases where staff replied last, there is no glow applied.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/3/2/432b76bfc269061efaea4dee79394d6997bd1eea.png)

Is it possible to make Discourse show the most recent poster’s avatar as the rightmost one?

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