# What determines the order of frequent poster icons in the topic list?

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**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [2016 年5 月 23 日 13:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-determines-the-order-of-frequent-poster-icons-in-the-topic-list/44669 "2016-05-23T13:20:58Z")\
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发布日期： [2016 年5 月 26 日 22:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-determines-the-order-of-frequent-poster-icons-in-the-topic-list/44669/12 "2016-05-26T22:33:58Z")

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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> The code needs to “pick one”.
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> At first it might look like because Jared\_Needell has more recent post dates that he would be chosen.
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> The clue as to why not is in
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> GROUP BY t.id, p.user\_id
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> With a little digging it can be found that the user\_id’s are Jared\_Needell 16325 pjv 1176

AH! _That_ was the answer to my last question mark! So indeed it then is:

`[OP] [top3-posters (when identical then "oldest member"): chronologically ordered] [last poster, unless OP then another frequent poster and op gets highlighted].`

Thank you all for taking the time to dig into it and - moreover - explaining it to newbies such as yours truly!

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