# Community Building

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## [How to encourage lurkers to give likes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-encourage-lurkers-to-give-likes/203105)

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**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-encourage-lurkers-to-give-likes/203105 "2021-09-10T22:03:50Z")

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Our community has login restricted content so user need to register in order to view them, but as I see in the data explorer using this query. A lot of users read some posts over 15 mins (long atricle) but doesn’t giv…

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## [Is it just me, or did Discourse explode like.. overnight?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-did-discourse-explode-like-overnight/193142)

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**Author:** [@NoblyDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NoblyDev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-did-discourse-explode-like-overnight/193142 "2021-09-10T16:24:30Z")

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Or maybe I am late to the party? :slight\_smile: Bravo, my OP/OG friends! :clap: :clap: :clap:

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## [Received 16,000 PageView within a week of Launch](https://meta.discourse.org/t/received-16-000-pageview-within-a-week-of-launch/192675)

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**Author:** [@UnicornX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/UnicornX)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/received-16-000-pageview-within-a-week-of-launch/192675 "2021-09-10T16:22:42Z")

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Hello guys I am here just to say a few words about the discourse and its awesome team. I launched my DuForum last week and reached a userbase of around 200 and 16K pageview within a week. This is all possible due to th…

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## [Seeing anonymous user and crawler traffic, even though site is private](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeing-anonymous-user-and-crawler-traffic-even-though-site-is-private/181051)

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**Author:** [@sudoman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sudoman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeing-anonymous-user-and-crawler-traffic-even-though-site-is-private/181051 "2021-09-09T22:08:08Z")

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I help run a private Discourse instance, and couldn’t help but notice that there is some recorded anonymous user and Web crawler traffic showing in my dashboard. Now that I look closely, I see that it was happening befor…

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## [Fast, efficient plugin development with Docker dev install (Windows WSL2)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-efficient-plugin-development-with-docker-dev-install-windows-wsl2/202814)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2021, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/fast-efficient-plugin-development-with-docker-dev-install-windows-wsl2/202814 "2021-09-07T10:41:35Z")

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After messing with a hacked together Ubuntu install of Discourse for development for many years, I finally replaced my PC recently with an up-to-date monster, and thought it would be great to try out the Discourse Docker…

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## [Which instant messenger do you use with Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-instant-messenger-do-you-use-with-discourse/202440)

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**Author:** [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-instant-messenger-do-you-use-with-discourse/202440 "2021-09-06T08:00:39Z")

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poll

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## [Should we stop trying to nurture this virtual community?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-we-stop-trying-to-nurture-this-virtual-community/201170)

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**Author:** [@nicopace](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nicopace)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-we-stop-trying-to-nurture-this-virtual-community/201170 "2021-09-03T18:03:01Z")

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Hello! I am running https://communitynetworks.group, a discourse forum maintained by rhizomatica.org and apc.org for individuals and organizations that promote communal ownership and stewardship of telecom infrastructur…

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## [Discourse app on my mobile phone](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-on-my-mobile-phone/202524)

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**Author:** [@Muhammed\_Bawady](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Muhammed_Bawady)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 11:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-app-on-my-mobile-phone/202524 "2021-09-03T11:27:09Z")

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Why I get now notifications on here while I get them on my computer Community page?

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## [Thank You from Gavin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thank-you-from-gavin/202512)

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**Author:** [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thank-you-from-gavin/202512 "2021-09-03T08:29:13Z")

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Good day Discourse, Yesterday i launched a Coffee Community Forum powered by Discouse. I just want to again Thank everyone that has put in some effort into discourse. The install was easy, the setup was easy. the only…

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## [More granular Discourse metrics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-granular-discourse-metrics/202321)

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**Author:** [@LKinora](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LKinora)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-granular-discourse-metrics/202321 "2021-09-02T02:41:25Z")

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Hi all, just wondering, we’ve got a few moderators working on different parts of our community - divided by group. Is it possible to isolate the Discourse dashboard metrics by group? Anyone seen anything like that at a…

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## [Nudging non responders](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nudging-non-responders/192635)

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**Author:** [@Paari\_Vendhan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paari_Vendhan)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nudging-non-responders/192635 "2021-08-22T04:00:49Z")

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Hi Our team is new to discourse like forum for day to day discussions. So what happens is, topic creators liberally tag others, but when it comes to having to respond, due to too many tags (or any other disciplinary rea…

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## [Anyway to disable "crawlers" in Consolidated Pageview?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyway-to-disable-crawlers-in-consolidated-pageview/200657)

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**Author:** [@hyphalos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hyphalos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2021, 2:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyway-to-disable-crawlers-in-consolidated-pageview/200657 "2021-08-18T02:07:59Z")

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Hi everyone! It’s a bit harder to see the logged in users with the graph pumping towards the crawlers and anonymous users, is it possible to filter out the crawlers in the graph and just see anonymous users and logged i…

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## [Need help slowing down trolling racist sock accounts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-slowing-down-trolling-racist-sock-accounts/200586)

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**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/What_Exit)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-slowing-down-trolling-racist-sock-accounts/200586 "2021-08-16T17:36:21Z")

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So we have a couple of banned posters that love to Sock up and return. One is a vile spewing reprobate and users horrible slurs and has gone after posters that recently lost loved ones. I need some strategies to deploy…

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## [How to clean up the community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-clean-up-the-community/152081)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-clean-up-the-community/152081 "2021-08-16T14:51:11Z")

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… to make it a healthy digital space. All communities start at level zero, and will grow until the team of administrators feels comfortable … and begins to analyze why there are topics of debate that have been published…

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## [Which is Better? Discourse or Flarum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-is-better-discourse-or-flarum/71726)

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**Author:** [@hexa\_tech](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hexa_tech)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-is-better-discourse-or-flarum/71726 "2021-08-16T06:25:29Z")

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Hello Everyone! I’d like to know which is better, Discourse or Flarum? :slight\_smile:

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## [Big Win: From Yahoo to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/big-win-from-yahoo-to-discourse/168586)

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**Author:** [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 15, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/big-win-from-yahoo-to-discourse/168586 "2021-08-15T04:56:41Z")

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In 2016 I became the leader of Momentum, a primarily local and in-person community focused on growth, mentoring, and leadership. The community had been using Yahoo groups for as the primary method of communication about…

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## [Can we host events in discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-host-events-in-discourse/195734)

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**Author:** [@Esha](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Esha)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 11:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-host-events-in-discourse/195734 "2021-08-14T11:38:04Z")

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Does Discourse allow to host webinars?

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## [How can you find a certain type of community?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-find-a-certain-type-of-community/199901)

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**Author:** [@Zhopkins](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Zhopkins)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-you-find-a-certain-type-of-community/199901 "2021-08-10T18:48:57Z")

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So as the title suggest how can you find a certain type of community? I’m looking for any aviation related communities that use Discourse. If you know of any I’d appreciate you sharing. Cheers!

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## [Coming back to Discourse 👋](https://meta.discourse.org/t/coming-back-to-discourse/199617)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/coming-back-to-discourse/199617 "2021-08-10T07:55:38Z")

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Hello all! Some of you know me, but many don’t. I was an early employee at Discourse, having closely followed the product since its inception. :point\_up: That hair? Gone. Forget about it. :point\_down: Now I wear at …

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## [Display 'top level comments' separate from comment replies (Alternative to Threaded Comments?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-top-level-comments-separate-from-comment-replies-alternative-to-threaded-comments/199585)

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**Author:** [@Fairtale](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fairtale)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-top-level-comments-separate-from-comment-replies-alternative-to-threaded-comments/199585 "2021-08-09T14:56:19Z")

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I already found some topics explaining why discourse has no threaded comments. However, I would like some tips on how others solve the issues I am currently having. I am looking into migrating our existing forum to dis…

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## [Using Discourse for Workforce Communication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-workforce-communication/199120)

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**Author:** [@allu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/allu)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-workforce-communication/199120 "2021-08-09T14:54:07Z")

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Increasingly, companies are using intranet style apps to communicate with their workforce. Here is an overview of such solutions in Germany (unfortunately in German, perhaps run it through Google Translate - some of the …

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## [Excellent Roblox Communities!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excellent-roblox-communities/82440)

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**Author:** [@Box](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Box)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/excellent-roblox-communities/82440 "2020-11-27T13:41:28Z")

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There’s a few communities for Roblox on Discourse, and those are usually rare. Anyone know any others other than RoForums? I love how the communities are so small and most trollers are suspended by active moderators! Fee…

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## [Complex user activity report requirement](https://meta.discourse.org/t/complex-user-activity-report-requirement/198641)

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**Author:** [@Paul\_King](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Paul_King)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/complex-user-activity-report-requirement/198641 "2021-08-05T22:30:36Z")

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I am looking for a way to get Discourse to generate activity reports in the form of an overview of all user activity between any two custom dates each year (current built in functionality only seems to have preset ranges…

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## [Discourse Forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forums/198985)

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**Author:** [@ItzRoyalToast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ItzRoyalToast)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2021, 6:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-forums/198985 "2021-08-03T06:52:35Z")

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Hey all Discourse users, I am also a fellow person who is a part of the community which uses Discourse as their forum software. I just wanted to come here and tell you all that Discourse is surely one of the best softwar…

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## [Custom badge SQL query based on how many solved topics in a certain category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-sql-query-based-on-how-many-solved-topics-in-a-certain-category/198865)

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**Author:** [@AquaL1te](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AquaL1te)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-badge-sql-query-based-on-how-many-solved-topics-in-a-certain-category/198865 "2021-08-02T04:52:44Z")

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Continuing the discussion from What cool badge queries have you come up with?: I’m trying to figure out the following. I want the SQL query below to work in a single category ID: SELECT id user\_id, current\_timestamp gr…

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## [Data Explorer - list of notification status per category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-list-of-notification-status-per-category/198070)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 11:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-list-of-notification-status-per-category/198070 "2021-07-26T11:57:28Z")

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How would I get a list of who’s watching/tracking/etc a category? Or even just a number of users per notification level? Thanks.

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## [Best way to show Data Explorer data on an external website?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-show-data-explorer-data-on-an-external-website/197861)

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**Author:** [@gbain](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gbain)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2021, 5:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-way-to-show-data-explorer-data-on-an-external-website/197861 "2021-07-22T17:53:50Z")

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Let me preface by saying I am new to Discourse. I have constructed a query in Data Explorer that I would like to be used to populate a particular page on our website (It would basically show the topics under a particular…

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## [Discourse friendly CRM?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-friendly-crm/197441)

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**Author:** [@37Rb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/37Rb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 20, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-friendly-crm/197441 "2021-07-20T15:43:55Z")

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My org is community oriented and relies heavily on Discourse. But we also have marketing, business development, and customer service teams who benefit from having a CRM. Are there any CRMs that work particularly well wit…

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## [Feedback: Great user interface improvements for the date range picker for dashboard reports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-great-user-interface-improvements-for-the-date-range-picker-for-dashboard-reports/197380)

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**Author:** [@amotl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/amotl)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feedback-great-user-interface-improvements-for-the-date-range-picker-for-dashboard-reports/197380 "2021-07-19T22:25:23Z")

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Hi @codinghorror, @j.jaffeux and the whole Discourse team, I wanted to thank you very much, in retrospective, for the great improvements you made to the date range picker at “Admin » Dashboard » Reports” within one of t…

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## [Login required after some days of free access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-required-after-some-days-of-free-access/183221)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2021, 12:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-required-after-some-days-of-free-access/183221 "2021-07-19T00:36:16Z")

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Hi, I would like to setup my Discourse site as follow: not registered users would be able to read the content but only for a few days, after that they would be required to register. Thanks for ideas, comments, suggestion…

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