# Category setting: do not count post created

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 22, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631 "2016-05-22T19:16:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-setting-do-not-count-post-created/44631/6 "2016-11-18T15:05:27Z")

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> [@Mittineague](#):
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> ou can use a categories Edit -\> Settings to turn off
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> Allow badges to be awarded in this category
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> That will mean that posts in the category don’t count towards getting any badge that uses posts as a basis for granting badges.
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> 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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