# Topic of the week

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-of-the-week/56179>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Janvier 23, 2017, 2:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-of-the-week/56179 "2017-01-23T02:55:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sara\_Noel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sara_noel/32/120857_2.png) [@Sara\_Noel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sara_Noel)\
**Post date:** [Janvier 23, 2017, 2:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-of-the-week/56179/1 "2017-01-23T02:55:45Z")

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I used to have a feature on vb that was topic of the week. Members could nominate their favorite topic each week and then a tally/poll would show the “votes/nominations” and which topic was nominated the most by peers ie. 1st, 2nd, and so on. I liked this because new readers could quickly read the best topics each week that weren’t based on post reply count or views. If I remember correctly, the original poster that created the best topic of the week received a badge. It was a separate forum category and each week it would show each member’s nomination and tally them up and show the amount of nominations a thread topic received.

Any thoughts on the usefulness or uselessness of this? Is this too similar to upvotes/downvotes? Not entirely sure if there is something already like this and I missed it. Learning daily. Just today I realized the welcome pm still had a discourse link. I never saw it before. oops.

TIA

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