# Revisiting Pinned Posts {and how to unpin and how to search for Pinned Topics}

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Sounds like a reasonable idea, but the rest of the staff needs to check in.

I just want to verify that you know you can uncheck the pins for yourself by just clicking the pin icon. 📌

[So this search shows all the Pinned threads in The Cafe](https://boards.straightdope.com/search?q=%23cafe-society%20in%3Apinned). There seems to be 5, including 2 forum rules. That must be annoying to someone that doesn’t know how to unpin them. The Flash Fiction one & Book Recommendations should probably not be pinned stilled. I’ll probably review and unpin them.

Unpinned and tagged #books-writing-myths

> [@SDMB Book Recommendation Thread Compendium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-book-recommendation-thread-compendium/573220):
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> I got really bored this morning. I find myself often searching the SDMB for book rec threads from the past, and figured I’m probably not the only one, and some of these are tough to find due to search issues, so here’s all of the ones I turned up. I do not claim that this is comprehensive. They’re in reverse “last post date” order, starting with most recent: [Suggestions for books about fortune tellers?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=13518313) 2/28/11 [Recs for books on novel writing?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=587081) 1/25/11 [Books you’d describe as being a “dark Nar…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=590200)

> [@SDMB Flash Fiction Sweatshop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-flash-fiction-sweatshop/812795):
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> Attention Dopers! The Resurrected Flash Fiction Sweatshop has begun! Here are the rules. Email [SDMBSweatshop@gmail.com](mailto:SDMBSweatshop@gmail.com) to get your three content words. These words must be used somewhere in your work; verbs can be used in any tense. Write your flash fiction! The work must be no longer than 500 words and it must be prose. Reply to the email containing your three content words within 2 hours. In that reply, include your work in the body of the email. Do not send attachments. All submission…

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I’m investigating why the search is showing the same Forum Rules thread twice, it might indicate two pins on the thread somehow. I’ll eliminate one of them if I can.

So the search just acts weird for Pins. Not worth bumping that up to Site ID.

It looks like with my quick cleaning of #Cafe Society only #Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share and #The BBQ Pit are cluttered now.

I updated the title to show what can be learned in this thread.

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