Hi. I would like to filter the topics displayed on the “latest” page. Like changing the SQL or something like that. Is it possible?
You can already do this, mark categories as muted in your user preferences.
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Hi 
I am aware of this, but my question is more general. Is it possible to modify this request ? I was asked about this by one of my customers.
Anything is possible using a plugin, but that doesn’t make it a good idea. Changing things that aren’t designed to be changed will probably cause issues in future.
If you really want to pursue this, the query for latest topics is handled in topic_query.rb: https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/lib/topic_query.rb
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I believe the original problem is: for a specific category if there is a way to show only the active topics on the ‘latest’ page. Active means with comments.
It looks like you have no choice than doing a plugin, right?
Yes this would require a theme component or a plugin.
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