# Adding the clock icon next to the title of topics with timing in topic list
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [13 september 2018 om 06:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092 "2018-09-13T06:18:25Z")
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### Author:  [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)
#### Post date: [13 september 2018 om 06:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092/1 "2018-09-13T06:18:25Z")
just the same way that a closed topic is indicated in the topic list with a lock, it would be good if topics with a future timing can also be shown.
something like this, if the “_Troubleshooting email on a new install_” topic, was going to be closed in 1 hour from now:
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [13 september 2018 om 07:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092/2 "2018-09-13T07:07:15Z")
Not a bad idea but I feel it’s a bit visually noisy relative to the weak value of the information presented.
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### Author:  [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)
#### Post date: [13 september 2018 om 09:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092/3 "2018-09-13T09:21:41Z")
what about showing the timer when only less than 24 (or 12) hours is remained? this way the timer is only shown for less than 1 day (after that it’ll be a lock). Also it emphasizes to the users that:
> there’s a little time remaining, if you want to contribute, please help yourself faster.
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [13 september 2018 om 19:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092/4 "2018-09-13T19:04:59Z")
> [@Pad\_Pors](#):
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> showing the timer when only less than 24 (or 12) hours is remained
That might be OK. At SitePoint the majority of categories are set to “close 3 months after the last reply” so having the icon for every topic that had timing would be very
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> visually noisy relative to the weak value of the information presented
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [13 september 2018 om 22:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092/5 "2018-09-13T22:04:44Z")
I’m not super convinced users treat it as a race to see who can reply before the topic closes. Usually the topic closing is background administrative trivia, it is not a contest with winners to see who can post nearest the close time 😉
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [14 september 2018 om 01:53 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092/6 "2018-09-14T01:53:50Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> it is not a contest with winners to see who can post nearest the close time
One interesting case where a similar concept would be very useful would be for buy/sell categories. When you have 1 day left you do want to call it out big time. But I wonder if “auto title updating” is a better type of feature here for a buy/sell plugin:
`Red rockstar boots, $44 (Ending in 2 hours)`
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [14 september 2018 om 04:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092/7 "2018-09-14T04:01:31Z")
Usually you sort by ending soonest, instead.
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### Author:  [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)
#### Post date: [14 september 2018 om 12:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-the-clock-icon-next-to-the-title-of-topics-with-timing-in-topic-list/97092/8 "2018-09-14T12:57:37Z")
some use cases which may fit this concept:
- ideation challenges,
- some community management topics, e.g. “what have you done this week?”
- marketplaces,
- moderation actions where something from the user side can undo the moderation;
e.g. a bug is set to be closed after being solved, unless users report similar issues again in 12 hours.
- our main use case is about some free discussion, where we choose a topic and discuss about it for 3 days. to keep these discussion organized, it’s a one discussion at a time. so every discussion is closed automatically after 3 days. since there’s no indicator in the topic list, sometimes users forget about the timing and their inputs are being dismissed, even if they have saved drafts to discuss.