---
title: "Allowing users to pin comments"
description: "Talkspirit administrators choose who can pin comments, administrators only or post owners and group managers too, with an optional per-group override"
category: administration-security
section: platform-settings
tags: [admin]
type: Tutorial
lastUpdated: 2026-08-26
locale: en
canonical: https://support.talkspirit.com/en/administration-security/allowing-users-to-pin-comments
---

# Allowing users to pin comments


## Allowing users to pin comments
Pinning a comment moves it to the top of a post's comment thread with a **Pinned** label, so nobody misses it. As an administrator, you choose who is allowed to pin comments for the whole organisation, and you can let group managers redefine that permission group by group.

## How do I configure comment pinning permissions?

1. Go to **Administration**.
2. Under **Apps**, click **Newsfeed**.
3. In the **Allow comments pin** section, choose between:
   - **Only administrators**: administrators are the only people who can pin comments. This is the default.
   - **Post owners, group managers and administrators**: the author of the post and the managers of the group it was published in can also pin comments.
4. Click **Save**.

![The Allow comments pin section of the Administration Newsfeed page: two radio options, Only administrators selected and Post owners, group managers and administrators below it, then a switch reading Allow group managers to overwrite this permission, turned off.](/images/administration-security/allowing-users-to-pin-comments/01-allow-comments-pin-section.png)

## Can group managers override the pinning setting?

Yes, if you allow it. In the same **Allow comments pin** section, switch on **Allow group managers to overwrite this permission** and click **Save**. Group managers then find a **Set who can pin a comment** option under **Manage permissions** in the settings of each group they manage, and can pick a different rule for that group.

While the switch is off, that option does not appear in any group's settings. This is expected, not a bug: every group follows the organisation-wide permission, and saving the Newsfeed settings applies it to all groups again. The other per-group permissions are covered in [Manage all groups as an administrator](/en/administration-security/managing-groups).

![The Manage permissions dialog of a group, listing Set who can post, Set who can comment and, at the bottom left, Set who can pin a comment with two radio options: Only administrators, selected, and Post owners, group managers and administrators.](/images/administration-security/allowing-users-to-pin-comments/02-set-who-can-pin-a-comment.png)

## What are the rules for pinning comments?

- Only **one comment per thread** can be pinned at a time. Pinning another comment replaces the currently pinned one.
- Administrators can pin and unpin comments on any post, whichever option is selected.
- On posts sent directly to people rather than published in a group, the post owner can pin a comment only when **Post owners, group managers and administrators** is selected.

## What's Next?

- [Pinning a comment](/en/communication/how-to-pin-a-comment)
- [Manage all groups as an administrator](/en/administration-security/managing-groups)
- [Set the organisation-wide defaults for groups](/en/communication/modifying-default-privileges-for-groups)
- [Activating or deactivating the Newsfeed module](/en/administration-security/activatingdeactivating-the-newsfeed-module)