# Slow mode for a category

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-mode-for-a-category/179574>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed, slow-mode\
**Created:** [February 13, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-mode-for-a-category/179574 "2021-02-13T15:13:43Z")\
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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:** [February 13, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-mode-for-a-category/179574/4 "2021-02-13T23:27:11Z")

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Possibly – we’re still gathering feedback on the feature, I consider it beta. Extending it to entire categories might be premature at this point in time?

I personally would prefer that we first identify criteria that cause topics to enter (and exit) “slow mode” automatically.

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