# How customizable is the hint that appears when creating a new post?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 31, 2019, 3:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-customizable-is-the-hint-that-appears-when-creating-a-new-post/127259 "2019-08-31T03:10:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-customizable-is-the-hint-that-appears-when-creating-a-new-post/127259/4 "2023-03-15T07:22:14Z")

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Hi @seanblue

We are just considering changing that message and perhaps the setting that controls the logic.

## To change the message text

Go to Admin, Customise, Text and search for  
“Your topic is similar to…”:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/6/a/66af4cb1821d11079bd4a8d794b5dd94ae368f3d.png)  
Click on Edit and change the text of the message to be displayed - do not forget to **click on Save Changes.**

## Settings for the frequency of the message

The frequency of this message is controlled with following settings.

Admin, Settings, Posting and search for " min title similar length".

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/5/5/6550d5608eec65f9768afe1bb422d1b71451147c.png)

Default value is 10, if that is reduced to 1, the message will be displayed all the time, BUT the topics shown will not be related - **this can be very confusing to the user.**

Hope this helps…

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