# 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:** ![Ryan5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@Ryan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ryan5)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-likes-on-the-first-post-count-toward-most-liked-posts/66645/7 "2017-07-25T00:43:30Z")

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What I am saying is, when the first message (what starts the thread, not the reply) is liked, it does not count towards most liked posts. After all, the thread is based around the first post, which gets feedback and suggestion

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