# Issues when using slow mode on a topic forever

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-when-using-slow-mode-on-a-topic-forever/186607
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** slow-mode
**Created:** [April 10, 2021, 6:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-when-using-slow-mode-on-a-topic-forever/186607 "2021-04-10T06:13:32Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2021, 4:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/issues-when-using-slow-mode-on-a-topic-forever/186607/9 "2021-04-11T16:36:32Z")

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I see. So the problem is **you put a topic into permanent slow mode** , which led to the community misunderstanding things. You kinda bured the lede on this one, my friend. You should have opened your question with:

> We put a topic in permanent slow mode, and..

but instead, you said

> [@dfabulich](#):
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> The overwhelming feedback we got from our users _when we turned on_ “slow mode” on a contentious thread

This says “when we turned on”, not “when we intentionally left a topic in a permanent state of slow”. Nor did you explain this in your subsequent reply, either. 😵

I’ll need to think about this use case; **permanent slow mode** wasn’t something we really designed for.

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