# How does Discourse attribute part 2, 3, etc. threads?

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**Created:** [December 16, 2025, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-discourse-attribute-part-2-3-etc-threads/1025742 "2025-12-16T07:25:32Z")
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### Author: ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-discourse-attribute-part-2-3-etc-threads/1025742/3 "2025-12-16T11:39:27Z")

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Here’s an example rollover thread that’s always close to the top of the [Latest] page. One look is worth a thousand explanations:

> [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678):
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> Continuing the discussion from [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) - #10000 by OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/10000). Previous discussions: [NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140)[NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018)[NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588)

You can see the OP body of the new part references all the prior parts. And as @Atamasama said, the OP poster is @system

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