diff --git a/migrations/2018-04-14-140818_posts_only_in_posts/down.sql b/migrations/2018-04-14-140818_posts_only_in_posts/down.sql
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+ALTER TABLE threads ADD COLUMN body TEXT NOT NULL DEFAULT '';
diff --git a/migrations/2018-04-14-140818_posts_only_in_posts/up.sql b/migrations/2018-04-14-140818_posts_only_in_posts/up.sql
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+-- Instead of storing the thread OP in the thread table, this will
+-- make it a post as well.
+-- At the time at which this migration was created no important data
+-- existed in any converse instances, so data is not moved.
+
+ALTER TABLE threads DROP COLUMN body;