# Category setting: do not count post created
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [2016年五月22日 19:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631 "2016-05-22T19:16:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [2016年五月22日 19:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631/1 "2016-05-22T19:16:58Z")
Hello guys, in my community there is a “presentation” category, and a lot of people say “hello”, and other messages.
So I have an idea:
Is there any chance to config the category section to no count posts by user?
I mean, count topic created, but no for replays.
I remember that phpbb, or others forums platforms had this option.
Why discourse not? 😉
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### Author:  [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)
#### Post date: [2016年五月22日 19:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631/2 "2016-05-22T19:24:29Z")
If you mean “having post activity in a specific category _not_ count toward gaining trust levels” then–
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-categories-topic-from-the-user-statistics/34717](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-categories-topic-from-the-user-statistics/34717)
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### Author:  [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [2016年十一月18日 00:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631/3 "2016-11-18T00:43:47Z")
Again here… sorry.
Well, that thread is not solved, that feature is possible?
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### Author:  [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)
#### Post date: [2016年十一月18日 01:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631/4 "2016-11-18T01:10:34Z")
AFAIK you can use a categories Edit → Settings to turn off
> Allow badges to be awarded in this category
That will mean that posts in the category don’t count towards getting any badge that uses posts as a basis for granting badges.
But it will not affect a members post count nor affect their Trust Level.
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### Author:  [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)
#### Post date: [2016年十一月18日 14:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631/5 "2016-11-18T14:09:25Z")
Thanks.
With this…
> [@Mittineague](#):
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> it will not affect a members post count
Do you mean that in summary (`/users/mittineague/summary`) **the part where shows “n” posts created** still counts in that category where turn off “`Allow badges to be awarded in this category`” ?
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [2016年十一月18日 15:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631/6 "2016-11-18T15:05:27Z")
> [@Mittineague](#):
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> ou can use a categories Edit -\> Settings to turn off
>
> Allow badges to be awarded in this category
>
> That will mean that posts in the category don’t count towards getting any badge that uses posts as a basis for granting badges.
>
> But it will not affect a members post count nor affect their Trust Level.
Yes.
On old forum boards, they needed this because post count was the **most important** thing a member could have. People were elitist with those counts and so.
On Discourse badges fill this role, so we enable disabling badges in _off topic_ categories.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2019年三月29日 20:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631/7 "2019-03-29T20:35:31Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2019年四月28日 20:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631/8 "2019-04-28T20:35:40Z")
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