# X Number of replies to a topic

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**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [12.Октябрь.2014 05:54:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052 "2014-10-12T05:54:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [12.Октябрь.2014 23:20:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/x-number-of-replies-to-a-topic/21052/5 "2014-10-12T23:20:23Z")

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> [@downey](#):
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> A workaround you could use right now would be the “auto close after X days/hours” feature, which would probably get you similar results.

Yes, that’s what we do for our forum’s Job category and it seems to be working fine so far.

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