diff --git a/src/discussions/discussions-home/DiscussionSidebar.jsx b/src/discussions/discussions-home/DiscussionSidebar.jsx
index f7773498..c1825047 100644
--- a/src/discussions/discussions-home/DiscussionSidebar.jsx
+++ b/src/discussions/discussions-home/DiscussionSidebar.jsx
@@ -1,35 +1,18 @@
-import React, { useContext, useEffect } from 'react';
+import React from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 import classNames from 'classnames';
-import { useDispatch, useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 import {
   Redirect, Route, Switch, useLocation,
 } from 'react-router';
 
-import { AppContext } from '@edx/frontend-platform/react';
-
-import { RequestStatus, Routes } from '../../data/constants';
-import { DiscussionContext } from '../common/context';
+import { Routes } from '../../data/constants';
 import { LearnersView } from '../learners';
 import { PostsView } from '../posts';
-import {
-  selectAllThreads, threadsLoadingStatus,
-} from '../posts/data/selectors';
-import { fetchThreads } from '../posts/data/thunks';
 import { TopicsView } from '../topics';
 
 export default function DiscussionSidebar({ displaySidebar }) {
   const location = useLocation();
-  const dispatch = useDispatch();
-  const userThreads = useSelector(selectAllThreads);
-  const { courseId } = useContext(DiscussionContext);
-  const { authenticatedUser } = useContext(AppContext);
-  const loadingStatus = useSelector(threadsLoadingStatus());
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    dispatch(fetchThreads(courseId, { author: authenticatedUser.username }));
-  }, [authenticatedUser, courseId]);
 
   return (
     <div
@@ -50,15 +33,13 @@ export default function DiscussionSidebar({ displaySidebar }) {
         />
         <Route path={Routes.TOPICS.PATH} component={TopicsView} />
         <Route path={Routes.LEARNERS.PATH} component={LearnersView} />
-        {RequestStatus.SUCCESSFUL === loadingStatus && (
         <Redirect
           from={Routes.DISCUSSIONS.PATH}
           to={{
             ...location,
-            pathname: userThreads.length ? Routes.POSTS.MY_POSTS : Routes.POSTS.ALL_POSTS,
+            pathname: Routes.POSTS.ALL_POSTS,
           }}
         />
-        )}
       </Switch>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/discussions/discussions-home/DiscussionSidebar.test.jsx b/src/discussions/discussions-home/DiscussionSidebar.test.jsx
index 8797c909..0fcefc67 100644
--- a/src/discussions/discussions-home/DiscussionSidebar.test.jsx
+++ b/src/discussions/discussions-home/DiscussionSidebar.test.jsx
@@ -17,21 +17,24 @@ import DiscussionSidebar from './DiscussionSidebar';
 import '../posts/data/__factories__';
 
 let store;
+let container;
 const courseId = 'course-v1:edX+DemoX+Demo_Course';
 let axiosMock;
 
 function renderComponent(displaySidebar = true, location = `/${courseId}/`) {
-  return render(
+  const wrapper = render(
     <IntlProvider locale="en">
       <ResponsiveContext.Provider value={{ width: 1280 }}>
         <AppProvider store={store}>
           <MemoryRouter initialEntries={[location]}>
-            <DiscussionSidebar data-test- displaySidebar={displaySidebar} />
+            <DiscussionSidebar displaySidebar={displaySidebar} />
           </MemoryRouter>
         </AppProvider>
       </ResponsiveContext.Provider>
     </IntlProvider>,
   );
+  container = wrapper.container;
+  return container;
 }
 
 describe('DiscussionSidebar', () => {
@@ -67,23 +70,26 @@ describe('DiscussionSidebar', () => {
     expect(element).toHaveClass('d-none');
   });
 
-  test('User with some topics should be redirected to "My Posts"', async () => {
+  test('User will be redirected to "All Posts" by default', async () => {
     axiosMock.onGet(threadsApiUrl)
       .reply(({ params }) => [200, Factory.build('threadsResult', {}, {
         threadAttrs: { title: `Thread by ${params.author || 'other users'}` },
       })]);
     renderComponent();
-    await act(async () => expect(await screen.findAllByText('Thread by abc123')).toBeTruthy());
-    expect(screen.queryByText('Thread by other users')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-  test('User with no posts should be redirected to "All Posts"', async () => {
-    axiosMock.onGet(threadsApiUrl)
-      .reply(({ params }) => [200, Factory.build('threadsResult', {}, {
-        count: params.author ? 0 : 3,
-        threadAttrs: { title: `Thread by ${params.author || 'other users'}` },
-      })]);
-    renderComponent();
     await act(async () => expect(await screen.findAllByText('Thread by other users')).toBeTruthy());
     expect(screen.queryByText('Thread by abc123')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+
+  test('Display discussion posts should equal to post count in "All Posts"', async () => {
+    const postCount = 5;
+    axiosMock.onGet(threadsApiUrl)
+      .reply(({ params }) => [200, Factory.build('threadsResult', {}, {
+        count: postCount,
+        threadAttrs: { title: `Thread by ${params.author || 'other users'}` },
+      })]);
+    renderComponent();
+    await act(async () => expect(await screen.findAllByText('Thread by other users')).toBeTruthy());
+    expect(screen.queryByText('Thread by abc123')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(container.querySelectorAll('.discussion-post')).toHaveLength(postCount);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/discussions/posts/PostsView.jsx b/src/discussions/posts/PostsView.jsx
index f3a57590..d15c2e4a 100644
--- a/src/discussions/posts/PostsView.jsx
+++ b/src/discussions/posts/PostsView.jsx
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ function PostsView({ showOwnPosts }) {
         filters,
         page: nextPage,
         author: showOwnPosts ? authenticatedUser.username : null,
-      }, posts));
+      }));
     }
   };
 
diff --git a/src/discussions/posts/data/thunks.js b/src/discussions/posts/data/thunks.js
index bd47d346..229c51d3 100644
--- a/src/discussions/posts/data/thunks.js
+++ b/src/discussions/posts/data/thunks.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ export function fetchThreads(courseId, {
   author = null,
   filters = {},
   page = 1,
-} = {}, posts = []) {
+} = {}) {
   const options = {
     orderBy,
     topicIds,
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ export function fetchThreads(courseId, {
     try {
       dispatch(fetchThreadsRequest({ courseId }));
       const data = await getThreads(courseId, options);
-      data.results = [...posts, ...data.results];
       const normalisedData = normaliseThreads(camelCaseObject(data));
       dispatch(fetchThreadsSuccess({ ...normalisedData, page, author }));
     } catch (error) {