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# [📢 Quick Announcement: AMAs are now normal discussions!](https://hashnode.com/post/quick-announcement-amas-are-now-normal-discussions?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Hi Hashnoders, Traditionally we have hosted all of our past 74 AMAs in special AMA threads. As a result they used to lack some features and functionalities of normal Hashnode posts. For example, AMAs didn't have reactions feature, no upvotes to answe...

Jan 23, 2019 · hashnode.com  
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## Written by

[Sandeep Panda](https://hashnode.com/@sandeep)

@sandeep · Bangalore

  
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co-founder, Hashnode

I am the Co-Founder of Hashnode. I write (about) code and keep interest in Venture Funding and startups. Feel free to contact me at sandeep@hashnode.com.

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[Chedim](https://hashnode.com/@chedim)

[Dec 9, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/quick-announcement-amas-are-now-normal-discussions/5c4842a960210faf08d0516a/comment/61b2734e1907c16be2ee10c2)

How do I host an AMA, though?

[Marco Alka](https://hashnode.com/@maruru)

[Jan 23, 2019](https://hashnode.com/posts/quick-announcement-amas-are-now-normal-discussions/5c4842a960210faf08d0516a/comment/5c486968998c5c6829559d34)

Great! I like this change a lot 🎉

Can anyone create an AMA, or does the Team still have to transform a regular discussion into one manually? When creating a discussion, I didn't see a checkbox for "make this an AMA", so I guess it still is a little bit more involved than just creating a discussion thread.

Do you plan to make AMAs a regular feature and possible to plan and create just like that for anyone (as described above)?

Now, anyone can write a reply to AMA questions. Will there be a system to highlight the host's answer, like letting the host stick their reply, so it is always visible, even though it is not the latest reply?

[Sandeep Panda](https://hashnode.com/@sandeep)

[Jan 24, 2019](https://hashnode.com/posts/quick-announcement-amas-are-now-normal-discussions/5c4842a960210faf08d0516a/comment/5c486968998c5c6829559d34#reply-5c4a312ff55af4aa56f283ae)

We enable this feature on _per person_ basis so that they can host AMAs. There are plans to open this up for others too. However, we will try this new format for a few days and see if there are any flaws before opening to everybody. The idea of letting anyone host an AMA is definitely interesting and something we want to do.

> Now, anyone can write a reply to AMA questions. Will there be a system to highlight > the host's answer, like letting the host stick their reply, so it is always visible, even > though it is not the latest reply?

You mean a pinned reply? That's interesting - we'll discuss this. :)