Do not display first post in thread

[nevetS]

If somebody can help me with some guidance or point me to an existing hack, I'd appreciate it. I'm getting started in trying to integrate VB with Movable Type as a replacement to MT's commenting engine.

When I display the threads, I want to hide (not display at all) the first post in the thread - since that first post will basically be a reiteration of the article text. I've seen the "Hide until reply" hacks, but unfortunately they still show a postbit and they don't specify the first post.

I was able to modify this query in showthread.php to get what I wanted... but obviously this is not ideal:

PHP Code:

    $totalposts = $threadinfo['replycount'];
        $getpostids = $db->query_read("
            SELECT postid, visible, userid
            FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "post AS post
            WHERE threadid = $threadid
                AND visible IN (1
            " . (!empty($deljoin) ? ",2" : "") . "
            " . ($show['approvepost'] ? ",0" : "") . "
            )
            ORDER BY dateline $postorder LIMIT 1, $totalposts
        "); // LIMIT STATEMENT ADDED FOR MT INTEGRATION