Hi,
I wanted to suggest the ability for users to pin topics just for themselves. There are certain topics I follow regularly and bookmarks just don’t cut it. I’d like access to them at the top of my feed.
Thoughts?
Thanks!
AI-generated summary
The discussion revolves around the idea of allowing users to pin topics for personal access. VegasVed suggests this feature, stating that bookmarks are not sufficient for accessing frequently visited topics quickly. awesomerobot proposes using the “Watching” option, but VegasVed clarifies that they want to avoid excessive notifications.
jomaxro and awesomerobot suggest alternative solutions, such as using the topic list bookmarks UX or adding it to the top menu setting. However, seanblue points out that since users can now unpin global topics, it’s not a huge leap to allow users to pin topics for themselves.
codinghorror disagrees, stating that bookmarks already serve this purpose. Despite this, the discussion highlights the desire for a feature that allows users to quickly access their favorite topics without relying on bookmarks or excessive notifications.
Would tracking help at all? The “Watching” option for example will notify you whenever a topic gets responses.
Is it important for you to “see” bookmarked topics more easily, even if there isn’t new activity in them?
2 Likes
Not really because I don’t want a million notifications either 
Just looking for a way to get quick access to my favorite threads without being flooded with notifications.
That really sounds like bookmarks. Does the “topic list” bookmarks UX work better for you? Try typing g followed by b.
8 Likes
ah right, you could also add it to the top menu setting (downside being that you’d enable it for all users, and the link appears even if you have zero bookmarks)
7 Likes
Thanks for the suggestions 
Hi, I wanted to jump into this conversation.
Back when this was suggested by @VegasVed, did the ability for users to unpin global topics exist? Since that exists (now at least), it doesn’t seem like a huge leap to allows users to pin topics for themselves as well. So I just wanted to check in and see if anything has changed since the original suggestion/responses were posted.
No, as stated above, bookmarks already exist, and that is exactly what bookmarks do.
1 Like