# Reducing category choice anxiety

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-category-choice-anxiety/108931>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [12.Февраль.2019 10:09:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-category-choice-anxiety/108931 "2019-02-12T10:09:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [12.Февраль.2019 11:23:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reducing-category-choice-anxiety/108931/3 "2019-02-12T11:23:22Z")

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The idea is that blank (no category) is a valid selection. I believe we had it that way in the early days of Discourse and others felt we should make it literal..

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