# Featured topic?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-topic/99103>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-topic/99103 "2018-10-09T14:22:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChristopherMcEwan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/christophermcewan/32/41465_2.png) [@ChristopherMcEwan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChristopherMcEwan)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-topic/99103/5 "2020-03-21T23:31:13Z")

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> [@Falco](#):
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> it will show pinned topics that haven’t been unpinned (manually or automatically through reading).

Could you expand on the definition/logic of Featured Topics. I am trying to ‘shape’ what posts will appear on my homepage on day 1 (these have been seeded by the admins).

The featured view certainly include the pinned posts but seems to (randomly?) select other non-pinned posts for inclusion ( if no pinned posts are in the category?).

Note I am not trying to add Featured Topics to top of page as per [https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-featured-topic-list-to-your-discourse-homepage/132949](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-featured-topic-list-to-your-discourse-homepage/132949). I am simply trying to control what presents under the desktop category page style/Categories with Featured Topics view.

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