# Icons in Discourse Discover are very misleading

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-discourse-discover-are-very-misleading/395814
**Category:** General
**Tags:** discourse-discover
**Created:** [February 11, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-discourse-discover-are-very-misleading/395814 "2026-02-11T15:29:48Z")
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### Author: ![pmusaraj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pmusaraj/32/119489_2.png) [@pmusaraj](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pmusaraj)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icons-in-discourse-discover-are-very-misleading/395814/2 "2026-02-11T16:20:57Z")

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I am personally not a fan of showing a total user number, it’s not a meaningful value IMO. 3 million users accounts created, sure… but are they actively participating? The majority of that number, clearly not.

That said, you are right, the icon does not convey “active users in last 30 days” on its own. No one icon can… curious if you have any thoughts @awesomerobot

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