# Voting button appears on opening post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-button-appears-on-opening-post/244144
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** post-voting
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-button-appears-on-opening-post/244144 "2022-11-03T10:19:47Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-button-appears-on-opening-post/244144/5 "2023-02-06T14:40:08Z")

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> [@icaria36](#):
>
> I agree that, right now, it’s confusing and unclear why someone should vote a topic.

As a workaround, you can use this CSS:

```css
.post-stream .topic-post:first-child .post-voting-post {
    display: none;
}

```

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/c/d/3/cd30ad8d02e9809ed718f453657191c45580f287.png)

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