# "Solution accepted" only by thread creator

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/solution-accepted-only-by-thread-creator/105288>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** help-resources-community\
**Created:** [April 19, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/solution-accepted-only-by-thread-creator/105288 "2024-04-19T13:39:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Dennis-DWFB](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dennis-dwfb/32/227202_2.png) [@Dennis-DWFB](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Dennis-DWFB)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/solution-accepted-only-by-thread-creator/105288/1 "2024-04-19T13:39:34Z")

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Hi everyone,

It happens quite often that comments are marked as solutions that are not solutions at all. In addition, statements or observations such as “That doesn’t work”, for example, are not a solution to a problem in the true sense of the word for me personally.

That’s why I wanted to suggest that perhaps only the creator of the respective thread can decide whether his question has been answered with a solution.

Thank you for reading and best regards  
Dennis

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**Author:** ![jnix284](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/jnix284/32/29_2.png) [@jnix284](https://community.hubspot.com/u/jnix284)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/solution-accepted-only-by-thread-creator/105288/2 "2024-04-19T22:22:32Z")

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I’ve found the opposite - that it’s usually the creator of the thread that accepts their own reply as the solution, sometimes it’s just “thanks that worked” whereas the community managers/moderators do a great job of identifying the answer and accepting the solution. There is no one else to my knowledge that can accept a solution (post creator + moderators only).

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**Author:** ![SkylerReeves](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/skylerreeves/32/17033_2.png) [@SkylerReeves](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SkylerReeves)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/solution-accepted-only-by-thread-creator/105288/3 "2026-04-01T20:27:36Z")

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Then we need to be able to flag when a solution is marked as accepted and it is not correct. I see that all the time on here. So much that my general instinct now is to ignore the accepted solution because it’s usually not very helpful.