# Closing post removes bumped color / avatar for topic

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-post-removes-bumped-color-avatar-for-topic/236927>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [August 23, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-post-removes-bumped-color-avatar-for-topic/236927 "2022-08-23T05:54:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2022, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/closing-post-removes-bumped-color-avatar-for-topic/236927/1 "2022-08-23T05:54:30Z")

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Bumped topics can be recognized by the lighter title color in the topic list.

An argument that is frequently used when people complain about automatically bumped old topics is that they can easily be recognized by the lighter color and system avatar, and skipped.

However, when such a topic is being closed the avatar changes to the user closing the topic, and the light color disappears, making those topics impossible to recognize.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/a/d/aad9ee2db2e9f16f2fb5983af29cb18c4b10c824.jpeg)

Which turns out to be bumped and closed

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/d/6/4d6cc05b56e57ee8b52d47373b5281f905e9e10c.jpeg)

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