Pin your favourite topics to the top

[merefield (Robert)]

Great idea for a plugin or TC.

I guess the closest thing is Bookmarks.

Whilst this hides them behind some UI, it solves your problem:

Improved Bookmarks with Reminders

We have improved the existing bookmark functionality in 2.5.0.beta3. All existing post_actions bookmarks will be migrated when you update your Discourse forum. Here is a summary of all the fancy new features Bookmark naming and reminders When you bookmark a post or a topic a modal window will now show up with various options. [Screen Shot 2020-04-03 at 8.42.46 PM] You can click save or simply click out of the modal and a normal bookmark will be saved, with no name or reminder (note …

For a solution that impacts the front page for all you could use Featured Images in:

Topic List Previews (legacy)

This is now a Theme Component, the plugin is deprecated The new Topic is Topic List Previews Theme Component - theme - Discourse Meta [GitHub-Mark-32px] Repository: get the code here See further here: Pavilion [sandbox] Examples: check out the list further down. Request a feature Report a bug Donate: we are reviewing our donations system. Please check back later :). Maintainers: @merefield Overview Topic List Previews allows you to…

But I’m guessing you probably don’t want to have it impact all users.