# A sense of place: Meta's new sidebar

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-sense-of-place-metas-new-sidebar/415035>\
**Category:** Site feedback\
**Tags:** meta-redesign-2026\
**Created:** [October 19, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-sense-of-place-metas-new-sidebar/415035 "2026-10-19T16:13:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2026, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-sense-of-place-metas-new-sidebar/415035/10 "2026-10-20T12:53:48Z")

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As always, anything new makes us all go

![شكرا](https://static.klipy.com/ii/c3a19a0b747a76e98651f2b9a3cca5ff/5c/da/Rnhv7Rjq.webp)

However I totally agree with this:

> [@manuel](#):
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> - I love the dynamic navigation. I think it surfaces the actual community map much better than the sidebar links or the category page. As a user I feel it gives me a better understanding where I am and where I can go. As an admin on Meta, I think it helps us further clarify the architecture.

I think it’s far more useful than the real sidebar (which I personally rarely use anyway).

Only the nomenclature of “spaces” I find adds some friction, as it’s mildly confusing since it’s the same list as categories ofc. I know what’s behind it but not sure renaming it in that section specifically is helping much.

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