# Community Building **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/community-building/65.md?page=33 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 34 --- ## [TL2 gap - so small yet so large](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-gap-so-small-yet-so-large/221126)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-gap-so-small-yet-so-large/221126 "2022-03-16T16:30:04Z")
I’ve been looking at trust level gap reporting lately. Specifically TL2 & what’s keeping users from being promoted from TL1 to TL2. Looking at usrs’ gaps has made me realize how much of this is about community. It’s not… --- ## [How are you Gamifying your Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-you-gamifying-your-discourse/220940)
**Author:** [@Tiffany\_Long](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tiffany_Long)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2022, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-are-you-gamifying-your-discourse/220940 "2022-03-15T08:56:20Z")
With custom automatic badging out of our reach, how are you gamifying your Discourse instance? Our forum tends to be used as a support forum, and what I really want it to encourage people to talk to each other. At firs… --- ## [How can I figure out why I have a big jump in anonymous pageviews](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-figure-out-why-i-have-a-big-jump-in-anonymous-pageviews/220415)
**Author:** [@efuetatem1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/efuetatem1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-figure-out-why-i-have-a-big-jump-in-anonymous-pageviews/220415 "2022-03-09T18:57:13Z")
Greeting, So I noticed something funny between the 15th to the 16th of February 2022 in our self-hosted DigitalOcean Discourse instance. As the picture below shows, the number of anonymous users per day jumped from roug… --- ## ['Quote' markup on the first line quotes the whole block](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-markup-on-the-first-line-quotes-the-whole-block/220082)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2022, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quote-markup-on-the-first-line-quotes-the-whole-block/220082 "2022-03-06T22:40:34Z")
Thank you for saving me all that tedious manual formatting! --- ## [Categories vs. tags](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-vs-tags/46935)
**Author:** [@Rob\_Nicholson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rob_Nicholson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-vs-tags/46935 "2022-02-24T13:43:27Z")
Are there any articles or such on helping one build a new Discourse system around categories vs. tags? I’m sure I read somewhere that Discourse was initially designed around a very flat structure using tags to categorise… --- ## [How to consolidate the Pageviews by Tag?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-consolidate-the-pageviews-by-tag/108745)
**Author:** [@Viki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Viki)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-consolidate-the-pageviews-by-tag/108745 "2019-02-11T18:06:26Z")
Hello everyone, How to Consolidate the Pageviews of topics by particular tag? For example, I posted 30 topics under one tag called Support. --- ## [Digital Online Safety](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-online-safety/219425)
**Author:** [@sarahann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sarahann)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-online-safety/219425 "2022-02-28T20:42:46Z")
Curious about Discourse’s take on Digital Online Safety. As platform owners, and allowing User Generated Content I do feel that there is an obligation to keep the web safe. Especially when it comes down to removing UGC … --- ## [Slow mode appreciation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-mode-appreciation/219373)
**Author:** [@meiadeleite](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meiadeleite)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-mode-appreciation/219373 "2022-02-28T12:23:19Z")
Just a quick note to praise the slow mode feature, which has been a life-saver in the last couple of days. Things were getting intense on some of our topics because of the current events in Europe, until I remembered to … --- ## [Identity Verification for public figures?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identity-verification-for-public-figures/108756)
**Author:** [@swamidass](https://meta.discourse.org/u/swamidass)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/identity-verification-for-public-figures/108756 "2019-02-11T00:40:41Z")
What is the current best practice for identity verification? I’m running a forum that has more and more public figures coming. I want to prevent impersonation and sock puppetting. --- ## [OMG! I can finally figure out what theme to blame!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/omg-i-can-finally-figure-out-what-theme-to-blame/219194)
**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/omg-i-can-finally-figure-out-what-theme-to-blame/219194 "2022-02-24T13:57:08Z")
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ebb5c1ff4dddb03c3684adc60fb87b0ee95f4f6a Whoever thought to include the theme ID in the deprecation notice is brilliant! (And it’s amazing how things like that can take so l… --- ## [Weaker voices in the discussion](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weaker-voices-in-the-discussion/217038)
**Author:** [@jamierobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jamierobinson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weaker-voices-in-the-discussion/217038 "2022-02-24T00:26:27Z")
I started my community for aspiring songwriters a few days ago and have got off to a flying start and am absolutely loving discourse! But one thing that has started to emerge, some voices in the discussion are clearly o… --- ## [Dashboard Reports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-reports/219222)
**Author:** [@IAmGav](https://meta.discourse.org/u/IAmGav)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-reports/219222 "2022-02-23T23:23:29Z")
For a newly build community that has a total of 1 member and is set to Login Required & invite only, the dashboard reports/graphs is showing an increase in activity. Something is not making sense at all. --- ## [Auto-refresh is great](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-refresh-is-great/219219)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-refresh-is-great/219219 "2022-02-23T19:48:37Z")
A couple times just today I’ve been in conversation with someone about a post I had open in a browser. As a result of our discussion they updated the post & what was shown in my browser changed automatically, without my … --- ## [Check out Hawk's Interview in Community Leaders Magazine!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-out-hawks-interview-in-community-leaders-magazine/219085)
**Author:** [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/check-out-hawks-interview-in-community-leaders-magazine/219085 "2022-02-23T04:07:52Z")
Our very own @hawk was interviewed by RD Whitney for the latest issue of Community Leaders Magazine. https://issuu.com/communityleaders/docs/final\_issue\_3\_pdf I personally loved reading Hawk’s story about how she got i… --- ## [Understanding anonymous metrics on a login required site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-anonymous-metrics-on-a-login-required-site/108457)
**Author:** [@caduspa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/caduspa)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 11:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-anonymous-metrics-on-a-login-required-site/108457 "2019-02-06T23:31:21Z")
My Discourse is open only to active patrons of my Patreon site. In looking at metrics in the consolidate pageviews section I see that a good number of views are listed as from anonymous users and a few crawlers. Is there… --- ## [Report of users and their status towards Trust Level 3 requirements](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-of-users-and-their-status-towards-trust-level-3-requirements/35954)
**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/report-of-users-and-their-status-towards-trust-level-3-requirements/35954 "2019-02-06T02:10:32Z")
Now that my site has been running for about a year, I’d like to evaluate the requirements for trust level 3 which so far only 3 people have managed to attain. My gut instinct tells me that the main issue is the 50% in la… --- ## [Tune trust levels?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tune-trust-levels/218585)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tune-trust-levels/218585 "2022-02-17T19:34:43Z")
We have a community with a lot of what I call “drive by” users. They show up with questions about our software, get their answers and happily (and quietly!) go away. Even the most active users, who come back again and a… --- ## [Page view reports vs topic view reports](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-view-reports-vs-topic-view-reports/218246)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/page-view-reports-vs-topic-view-reports/218246 "2022-02-15T14:22:44Z")
Hi, We’re starting to look at the built-in reporting, and find the page view reporting on the admin dashboard interesting. However, I guess that’s all pageviews? So including search results, the /category page, /new, /l… --- ## [Overview which trust level has which possibilities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overview-which-trust-level-has-which-possibilities/218094)
**Author:** [@SteveRueck](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SteveRueck)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/overview-which-trust-level-has-which-possibilities/218094 "2022-02-15T07:26:16Z")
Hello there, I am currently in the move from phpBB to discourse and trying to understand all the new possibilities. Is there any overview which trustlevel has which possibilities in compare to the other trust levels in… --- ## [Create a partial copy of a Discourse site that we are leaving as a group?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-partial-copy-of-a-discourse-site-that-we-are-leaving-as-a-group/108160)
**Author:** [@ImAnAlt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ImAnAlt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-partial-copy-of-a-discourse-site-that-we-are-leaving-as-a-group/108160 "2019-02-03T21:31:54Z")
Hello. I expect the answer to this will not be what I would like to hear, as I know Discourse focuses on security and privacy, but I’d at least like to know if this is possible. I come from a Discourse forum where the a… --- ## [Meta is an outstanding community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-is-an-outstanding-community/216674)
**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-is-an-outstanding-community/216674 "2022-02-02T19:32:15Z")
I really appreciate that, apart from Discourse, there’s various other good solutions for building community platforms. But when it comes to community, I’d be hard pressed to even name another company or project that dedi… --- ## [Statics shows not correct numbers !?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/statics-shows-not-correct-numbers/216512)
**Author:** [@f1r4s](https://meta.discourse.org/u/f1r4s)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 5:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/statics-shows-not-correct-numbers/216512 "2022-01-31T05:41:52Z")
Hello, I’m checking my development discourse system; and i see more than 417 logged users and i’m sure none sign or loggin in the community in this time ? My question how to show real visitors and logged users; etc… … --- ## [Take the 2022 CMX Community Industry Survey](https://meta.discourse.org/t/take-the-2022-cmx-community-industry-survey/216323)
**Author:** [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/take-the-2022-cmx-community-industry-survey/216323 "2022-01-28T15:13:16Z")
Our friends at CMX are running a survey of community managers for their annual Community Industry Report. There’s one week left to take the survey – adding your voice will help all of us get a better picture of the stat… --- ## [Visual distinction for private messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-distinction-for-private-messages/216231)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 5:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-distinction-for-private-messages/216231 "2022-01-27T17:41:17Z")
I’ve just started sending out private messages to some of our users. When I followed a notification to a reply just now, the rounded-corner boxes immediately cued (reminded) me that this was not a normal, public thread. … --- ## [Custom time period in Dashboard](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-time-period-in-dashboard/164838)
**Author:** [@Jamie\_Liu1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jamie_Liu1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-time-period-in-dashboard/164838 "2022-01-27T16:31:03Z")
Hi there, Currently the stats are only available for fixed time periods: Is there any plan to support custom time period? For example, I want the pv and uv from April to September on my forum. However, the data is n… --- ## [Tag synonyms are fabulous](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-synonyms-are-fabulous/216110)
**Author:** [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tag-synonyms-are-fabulous/216110 "2022-01-26T19:11:21Z")
We’re just getting around to looking at & cleaning up tags. I had one tag with 100 topics that I wanted to merge into an analog with 400+. Obviously too many to do by hand. My first attempt was to try a bulk change but … --- ## [Salesforce Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/salesforce-integration/203580)
**Author:** [@Pat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pat)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2022, 3:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/salesforce-integration/203580 "2022-01-26T03:48:27Z")
Does Discourse have integration with Salesforce CRM? --- ## [Data explorer query - new topics for user by tag/category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-query-new-topics-for-user-by-tag-category/214303)
**Author:** [@Krischan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Krischan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-query-new-topics-for-user-by-tag-category/214303 "2022-01-25T21:08:47Z")
I’m trying to build a “recommendation engine” for my users via the Discourse API that lists all topics a specific user hasn’t read yet by tag/category. I browsed through the various existing queries, but I have no clue … --- ## [What is the Global Notice useful for?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-global-notice-useful-for/107355)
**Author:** [@Nichalas\_Petranek](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nichalas_Petranek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-global-notice-useful-for/107355 "2019-01-24T04:19:33Z")
Continuing the discussion from Global notice, where do I find that: While I was reading through the forum, I came across the topic linked above. That got me curious… what are some specific use cases for an URGENT, EMERG… --- ## [Show data for last X days](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-data-for-last-x-days/215810)
**Author:** [@Amine\_Akkar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Amine_Akkar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-data-for-last-x-days/215810 "2022-01-24T14:52:34Z")
Hello I’m trying to run a report how shown the visits during the last 30 days, so I used this query but apparently, it’s wrong : select distinct user\_id, max(visited\_at) as visited\_at from user\_visits WHERE CAST(visit… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/community-building/65.md?page=32) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/community-building/65.md?page=34)