# Category creep and information overload

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-creep-and-information-overload/62493
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [11 במאי,‏ 2017,‏ 8:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-creep-and-information-overload/62493 "2017-05-11T08:37:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [28 באוגוסט,‏ 2017,‏ 11:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-creep-and-information-overload/62493/21 "2017-08-28T23:26:09Z")

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> [@elijah](#):
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> Well, I guess because I like go latest and the suggestions at the bottom of topics to be useful.

One recommendation, for sites that host wildly different content by category (completely different languages is a good example), is to **limit suggested topics to the current category. There is a site setting for this.** Also applies to @Rob_Nicholson’s case.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/d/edb345e5782de65ee7d838538bce81fa45965a86.png)

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### Author: ![clay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/clay/32/102156_2.png) [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)
#### Post date: [13 בפברואר,‏ 2018,‏ 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-creep-and-information-overload/62493/22 "2018-02-13T16:32:57Z")

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Is it possible to show categories but suppress subcategories in the hamburger menu?

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [13 בפברואר,‏ 2018,‏ 4:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-creep-and-information-overload/62493/23 "2018-02-13T16:41:33Z")

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You can hide them using CSS

```css
.hamburger-panel .category-links { display: none; }

```

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### Author: ![clay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/clay/32/102156_2.png) [@clay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clay)
#### Post date: [13 בפברואר,‏ 2018,‏ 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-creep-and-information-overload/62493/24 "2018-02-13T16:45:15Z")

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This did it for me, since I only wanted to hide the subcategories.

```plaintext
.hamburger-panel .category-links .subcategory { display: none; }

```

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