# A news or announcements category **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [February 24, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/a-news-or-announcements-category/728 "2022-02-24T12:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 8:45am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/a-news-or-announcements-category/728/6 "2022-03-22T08:45:17Z")
Hi Please accept my apologies I’m still getting used to using Discourse. There is an about page for the Announcements category > [@About the Announcements category duplicate message](https://racket.discourse.group/t/about-the-announcements-category/732): > > The Announcements category is a low volume category for releases of the Racket distribution and other major announcements. Use [your notification preferences](https://racket.discourse.group/my/preferences/notifications) to limit notifications to this category to the first post only: Using this setting will let you get announcements without getting the subsequent discussion. Pending direction from the community I’d suggest announcements should be kept for big things: Racket releases (4/year) Posts on the Racket… The idea is to provide a lower volume channel for those who just want announcements, with discussion taking place elsewhere. (You can use your settings so you only get emails for announcements) I feel it’s fine for announcing things like the release of Seq - a complete and documented package, with an extensive introduction post. I’ve found some things tricky - posters need to **lock** the post to stop replies in the category, and posters probably need to suggest or create a discussion post. Feedback welcome. Stephen --- _[View the full topic](https://racket.discourse.group/t/a-news-or-announcements-category/728)._