Sink a Discussion - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>The discussions in your <strong>Higher Logic Vanilla</strong> (<strong>Vanilla</strong>) community are automatically arranged by most recent posts (either discussion creation date or most recent comment post date). This means that every time an existing discussion receives a new comment, it will again move to the top of the list; you may not always want this to happen, however. If not, this is where the <strong>Sink </strong>feature proves beneficial.</p><ul><li>When you sink a discussion, it remains "sunk;" that is, it won't move to the top of the discussion list when new comments are added.</li></ul><p>⭐️ <strong>EXAMPLE</strong>: A post is very popular but it's off topic for, or no longer relevant to, the discussion.</p><h2 data-id="sink-permission">Sink Permission</h2><p>Admins and Moderators must have the <strong>Sink</strong> permission enabled for any Category they want to manage with the Sink option.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/ABGLEITDNVK1/sink-category-permissions.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/ABGLEITDNVK1/sink-category-permissions.png" alt="Sink-Category permissions.png" height="334" width="800" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>✔️ <strong>TIP</strong>: Vanilla recommends that this permission be limited to a few select Admins and Moderators.</p><p>📝 <strong>NOTE</strong>: This permission is set per Category and is described in the <em>Default Category Permissions</em> section of <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/39-roles-permissions" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Roles & Permissions</a>.</p><h2 data-id="sink-a-community-discussion">Sink a Community Discussion</h2><p>To sink a discussion:</p><p>1. Navigate to the discussion that you want to sink and click the <strong>gear</strong> icon.</p><p>2. Select <strong>Sink</strong>.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/L5hEvmIvmxJAm7eJewhfs1XhxNkrWIfoJrHe1YaNWshgHHiY4z0kDgXisPgWwfvCAa8wA922Ar12emx_VNgrSLn6mmA7t1WfHF8LRTqOKjSbaZ6Yc7upc11iJS1L1tI7PDqGIpYQ" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/L5hEvmIvmxJAm7eJewhfs1XhxNkrWIfoJrHe1YaNWshgHHiY4z0kDgXisPgWwfvCAa8wA922Ar12emx_VNgrSLn6mmA7t1WfHF8LRTqOKjSbaZ6Yc7upc11iJS1L1tI7PDqGIpYQ" alt="L5hEvmIvmxJAm7eJewhfs1XhxNkrWIfoJrHe1YaNWshgHHiY4z0kDgXisPgWwfvCAa8wA922Ar12emx_VNgrSLn6mmA7t1WfHF8LRTqOKjSbaZ6Yc7upc11iJS1L1tI7PDqGIpYQ" height="180" width="320" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <ul><li>To “unsink” a discussion, navigate to it, click the <strong>gear</strong> icon, and select <strong>Unsink</strong>.</li></ul><p>📝 <strong>NOTE</strong>: Sinking a discussion doesn't affect its present position on the Recent Discussions page. Sinking simply prevents a discussion from moving to the top of the list, even if it receives new comments.</p><h2 data-id="additional-resources">Additional resources</h2><p>Click the link below to access a video expanding on what you learned in this article.</p><div class="js-embed embedResponsive" data-embedjson="{"body":"For more information, please see:","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6030677\/uploads\/GXW21TRYG1JP\/share-imagevanilla-community.jpg","url":"https:\/\/success.vanillaforums.com\/kb\/articles\/444","embedType":"link","name":"B. Front End Advanced [video] - HL Vanilla Community"}"> <a href="https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/444" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc"> https://success.vanillaforums.com/kb/articles/444 </a> </div><p><br></p> </article> </main>