# 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 באוקטובר,‏ 2025,‏ 4:05pm 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: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [19 במרץ,‏ 2026,‏ 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-improve-usability-of-pinned-topic-site-settings/386365/8 "2026-03-19T11:31:11Z")

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I am more in favor of leaving `default_topics_automatic_unpin` untouched so it matches all the other default\_xxx settings that configure the defaults for user preferences. That follows a consistent naming pattern like `default_hide_profile` or `default_other_enable_smart_lists`. And for me, it also makes sense to group all these in the admin \> user defaults config section.

Maybe `automatically_unpin_topics` could just be hidden? Most preferences don’t have another setting to prevent users from changing them. `disable_mailing_list_mode` is the only one that comes to my mind. I understand why that’s something admins want to disable entirely, but I don’t see this reason for automatic unpin. If a user really wants to get rid of pins, they will also unpin topics manually. It feels like the user preference with the default setting should have just replaced the global setting.

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