# The topic list doesn't need a category column

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topic-list-doesnt-need-a-category-column/101352
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [November 5, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topic-list-doesnt-need-a-category-column/101352 "2018-11-05T21:31:50Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-topic-list-doesnt-need-a-category-column/101352/4 "2018-11-06T02:47:41Z")

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This was one of the first changes I made with [my theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sams-personal-minimal-topic-list-design/23552).

Completely agree with shifting it below topic, it reduces clutter and “sort by category” really makes very little sense even though Josh sometimes uses it 🙂 … I am definitely not against ninja `?order=tag` and `?order=assigned` and `?order=category` but it is totally in the ninja department.

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