# 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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**Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-participants-order-works-weird/267785/5 "2023-06-09T17:20:03Z")

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> [@JoukoSaari](#):
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> Would be better if it was either halo or rightmost position.

I agree it would be nice to do it one consistent way, but the problem is that we end up duplicating avatars for the first poster and last poster if they’re the same person. Maybe the duplication is better as long as we’re consistent? curious to hear if others have thoughts on this.

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