For example,
As an admin, we have a section that’s super spammy. I prefer not to see this in “Updates” on the home page.
Is there a way to hide certain categories that show up in “New”?
AI-generated summary
The discussion revolves around hiding certain categories in the “Latest” section of a forum’s homepage. dylanh724 initiates the conversation, seeking a way to exclude spammy categories from the “Updates” section.
HAWK suggests suppressing the category from the homepage in category settings to achieve this. Ivan_Rapekas provides an alternative solution by adding categories to the “Muted” list, which prevents topics from appearing in “Latest” and stops notifications.
However, meglio points out that this approach doesn’t meet their requirements, as they need the category to be fully functional and searchable. Ivan_Rapekas responds by suggesting that the issue might be due to being the author of the topics, and recommends checking with another account or using a muted tag, although this may not always prevent the topics from appearing.
If you suppress the category from the homepage (in category settings) it won’t show up in Latest.
So, I can’t solve my problem with using the “Muted” configuration.
I need a fully functional category, searchable, linkable from other topics, etc. I just don’t want its topics in the Latest shown in the Category+Latest home page setup.
Probably this happens because you are the author of those topics. They are visible to you only.
If you are an admin, check login with another account or impersonate.
Finally, you can play with a muted tag. But such topics are not shown always. You still able search it and find in your activity section.