# Why don't likes on the first post count toward most liked posts?

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [July 22, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-likes-on-the-first-post-count-toward-most-liked-posts/66645 "2017-07-22T19:58:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-likes-on-the-first-post-count-toward-most-liked-posts/66645/6 "2017-07-24T19:27:29Z")

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For me, I know just because I like the first post in a given topic, doesn’t necessarily mean I like the entire topic as a whole. (Things often can and do take a different direction!) 🙂

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