# 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:** ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-likes-on-the-first-post-count-toward-most-liked-posts/66645/8 "2017-07-25T04:54:51Z")

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I can see both sides here.

What I’m curious about is why it’s important. Are you using those stats for something @Ryan5 ?

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