# Do users properly use categories?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-users-properly-use-categories/345424
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [January 3, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-users-properly-use-categories/345424 "2025-01-03T12:11:39Z")
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### Author: ![wellbing-go](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wellbing-go/32/317562_2.png) [@wellbing-go](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wellbing-go)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-users-properly-use-categories/345424/1 "2025-01-03T12:11:39Z")

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Hi!

In our forum, some users don’t read the category description carefully, they often just choose the first category.

Previously, we make the first category `Require moderator approval of all new topics`. It didn’t work well, mods spent a lot of time helping users select the right one.

I wonder how you organize the categories and how you help users choose the right categories.

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