# Reducing category choice anxiety

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-category-choice-anxiety/108931>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [2월 12, 2019, 10:09오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-category-choice-anxiety/108931 "2019-02-12T10:09:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [2월 12, 2019, 11:21오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-category-choice-anxiety/108931/2 "2019-02-12T11:21:12Z")

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> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> Update the “Uncategorized” description

Here’s what I usually do on a new Discourse instance:

1. Rename `Uncategorized` to something more friendly: Agora, Participation…
2. Change the category description (that’s done via the `Admin > Customize > Text Content`, looking up the string **category.uncategorized\_description** : I change it to “Short lived topics to get the conversation started.”
3. Uncheck **suppress uncategorized badge** so that _Uncategorized_ topics now appear like other topics.

I agree that something should be done to encourage participation and remove the need to choose a category. Usually, one starts a topic in a category, so that’s already the case that the new topic is chosen with that category. When it’s not the case, I find `Agora` or `Participation` much more friendly and less anxiogenic than `Uncategorized` (which _invites_ you to categorize it).

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