# Mode to "follow" categories?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/mode-to-follow-categories/99082
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [October 9, 2018, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mode-to-follow-categories/99082 "2018-10-09T08:41:44Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![carlokok](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/carlokok/32/115951_2.png) [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2018, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mode-to-follow-categories/99082/1 "2018-10-09T08:41:44Z")

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Is there a mode where I can pick which categories show on the Latest page? (basically the reverse of Muted)  
ie start out with a list of default categories then per category pick if i want to see that too by default?

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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2018, 9:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mode-to-follow-categories/99082/2 "2018-10-09T09:03:02Z")

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Something like this?

> [@Favorites - select your favorite categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/favorites-build-a-topic-list-of-your-favorite-topics/81959):
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> Hello everyone, This plugin lets users select their favorite categories and view only topics from their favorite categories. This plugin is the implementation of the idea mentioned [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-tabs-for-user-customizeable-saved-filters/40953) and drafted as a specification [here](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-list-tabs-for-user-customizeable-saved-filters/40953/20). How to use The user decides which categories he likes the most and marks them as favorite. This can be done from the Categories view. The user can also modify his favorites list from the User Preferences view. warning Due to a limitation of Discours…

We’ve not yet seen customer demand for it so it is unmaintained for the time being.
