# Sams einfaches Thema

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-simple-theme/23552>\
**Category:** Theme\
**Tags:** official, sams-simple-theme\
**Created:** [31. Dezember 2014 um 03:20 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-simple-theme/23552 "2014-12-31T03:20:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Veenema](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin_veenema/32/61263_2.png) [@Justin\_Veenema](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Justin_Veenema)\
**Post date:** [30. August 2017 um 18:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-simple-theme/23552/262 "2017-08-30T18:37:43Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> I beg to differ! Lots of info there.
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> 1. Size, if \< 5 avatars then it’s a limited discussion, if 2 it’s “get a room you two”, if 1 it’s a topic nobody replied to
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> 2. Noobiness. Lots of letter avatars? Drive-by participants, probably.
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> 3. Recognition. I know the kinds of topics I can expect from certain folks here and sometimes I am excited (or.. not excited..) when I see who started the topic or posted last.
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> 4. It’s also faster to recognize avatars than name words for me.
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> 5. These are my peeps. My people. I need to see them. It’s like Cheers, you want to go to the place where everyone knows your … avatar

I fully agree with this @codinghorror. For me, seeing that a large number of people are chiming in makes me get major FOMO. What are they talking about? What am I missing?

In fact, we just switched our homepage to the **Category / Latest Topics** view, but the thing that I’m _really_ missing from the **Latest** view is how activity is displayed in the form of avatars.

 ![14 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/e/4e11e7fe54691e18b122b414a8e72b47b79e8d37.png)

I tried to make a mock-up of my dream layout, but I’m not sure if I’m communicating the idea well enough. We might end up hiring a dev to help us make this change, but I’d love to hear from others on what they think.

 ![ezgif-1-422c95fbfc](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/e/2e9c9aee23380c3cbad0c556fa1c764da095fa8a.gif)

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