# Pinned Topics
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919 "2020-06-22T18:08:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/1 "2020-06-22T18:08:46Z")
Pinned topics at the top of each forum are irritating as hell because they take up too much space and don’t stand out enough so are difficult to ignore. Any way to make them smaller and remove the preview text blocks?
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/2 "2020-06-22T18:12:38Z")
FWIW, if you click the pin icon, it’ll unpin, then go away upon refresh. I’m not exactly sure what can be done if you want them back, but it’s one solution.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/3 "2020-06-22T18:14:32Z")
Sweet! T/Y
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### Author:  [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/4 "2020-06-22T18:19:24Z")
I think it’s time to consolidate all forum rules into one, well-formatted post in ATMB. Having the most pinned posts per capita on the internet is not a good experience.
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/6 "2020-06-22T18:51:12Z")
I’m guessing it becomes a regular post at that point, and is shuffled into the regular flow in the forum, ranked by age / last post?
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/7 "2020-06-22T18:55:08Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> Something odd about unpinning a pinned “About” topic. It doesn’t so much hide it as send it further down the list of topics/threads where it just hangs about. Bug of Feature?
I’m posting this to see if I can delete the original.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/8 "2020-06-22T18:55:43Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> (post withdrawn by author, will be automatically deleted in 24 hours unless flagged)
Which results in this.
Interesting. Wondering where the utility lies.
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/9 "2020-06-22T18:58:04Z")
It is interesting, because one of the rules on the old board was our posts were indelible; there forever and ever. Now us lowly peons have the ability to delete our own posts?
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/10 "2020-06-22T19:01:19Z")
That can’t possibly lead to anything good. 🤔
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/11 "2020-06-22T19:08:52Z")
Please tell me how to “pin” a topic. I want to make sure I never inadvertently do it.
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/13 "2020-06-22T19:17:21Z")
> [@Dr.Crap](#):
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> I think it’s time to consolidate all forum rules into one, well-formatted post in ATMB. Having the most pinned posts per capita on the internet is not a good experience.
GREAT idea! Where’s the “LIKE” button on this thing?
j/k I know that the LIKE feature has been disabled, and I’m cool with that.
ÜBER cool.
But it’s still a great idea, which I’d like to see implemented.
Also: what’s a “pinned” post? Does it have anything to do with Pinterest? Because I want NOTHING to do with Pinterest.
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/14 "2020-06-22T19:18:40Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Please tell me how to “pin” a topic. I want to make sure I never inadvertently do it.
Whatever you do, never hit Shift+“p”.
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### Author:  [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/15 "2020-06-22T19:20:48Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> Whatever you do, never hit Shift+“p”.
Thanks. I won’t.
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### Author:  [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)
#### Post date: [June 22, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pinned-topics/911919/16 "2020-06-22T20:16:42Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Also: what’s a “pinned” post? Does it have anything to do with Pinterest? Because I want NOTHING to do with Pinterest.
Pinned posts are like the stickies and announcements on the old site. They’re stuck to the top of each forum, and have a push-pin icon next to them.