# Search before posting 🔍

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-before-posting/141170
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 10, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-before-posting/141170 "2020-02-10T12:13:23Z")
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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/search-before-posting/141170/5 "2026-02-20T18:49:11Z")

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There’s a site setting called `minimum_topics_similar` that default to 50 — meaning if you have fewer than 50 total topics, you won’t see the similar topic message… I suspect this is the likely culprit if the sandbox doesn’t have a lot of content.

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