# Suggest alternative categories based on word used in post

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggest-alternative-categories-based-on-word-used-in-post/68318>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [Agosto 18, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggest-alternative-categories-based-on-word-used-in-post/68318 "2017-08-18T13:35:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Post date:** [Agosto 18, 2017, 3:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggest-alternative-categories-based-on-word-used-in-post/68318/2 "2017-08-18T15:03:59Z")

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Discourse already checks the post content against posts to check for similarity (to avoid duplicate topics), but does not explicitly suggest a category change.

How do you propose this would work? From a technical perspective, what should Discourse compare the content of the post against to suggest a different category?

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