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What Does 'Sticky / Stickied Post' Mean?

[ FORUM CULTURE ][ ATTENTION ECONOMY ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Forum CultureCLUSTER: Community Governance

A post or thread pinned to the top of a forum or subreddit by moderators, kept visible above newer content because of its ongoing importance.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Check the sticky at the top before asking, it answers most of the common questions."

LORE & ORIGIN

Standard forum feature and vocabulary from 1990s bulletin board software, describing a moderator-controlled pin function that remains standard across nearly every subsequent forum-style platform including Reddit.

FIRST SEEN

1996

PEAK POPULARITY

2026 (Community Governance Canon)

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

Related To:Megathread Meta Post

阅读中文版 →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Leer en español →Ler em português →Lire en français →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

中文 zh-CN置顶帖 →日本語 ja-JPスティッキー →한국어 ko-KR스티키 →Español es-ESsticky / stickied post →Português pt-BRsticky / stickied post →Français fr-FRsticky / stickied post →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

↑ HIGH RISING FAST · LOW

CULTURE CATEGORY

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MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

1996

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