# Can we improve usability of pinned topic site settings?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-improve-usability-of-pinned-topic-site-settings/386365
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [21 oktober 2025 om 16:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-improve-usability-of-pinned-topic-site-settings/386365 "2025-10-21T16:05:07Z")
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### Author: ![manuel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/manuel/32/468169_2.png) [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)
#### Post date: [19 maart 2026 om 10:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-improve-usability-of-pinned-topic-site-settings/386365/7 "2026-03-19T10:28:59Z")

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Discussed again in [Updating how categories are organized on Meta - #65 by Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-how-categories-are-organized-on-meta/396306/65)

It’s indeed pretty confusing. The settings are even shown in different sections of the backend. @ToddZ’s suggestion makes good sense to me:

> [@ToddZ](#):
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> I think I’d best understand it presented as two options, explained very simply – and always shown together, if that’s possible:
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> Unpin read topics.  
> Unpin read topics setting can be overriden by users.

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