# Community Building **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/community-building/65.md?page=64 [Recent](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categorieën](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 65 --- ## [No private solicitations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-private-solicitations/78665)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Antwoorden:** 2\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [24 januari 2018 om 02:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-private-solicitations/78665 "2018-01-24T02:25:02Z")
Continuing the discussion from Policy notice: no private solicitations for work, paid or free: Will this rule be beneficial for other communities? Are there any cons you can think of? In our community people sometimes … --- ## [Can I Admit Something...? 🤔](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-admit-something-thinking/78719)
**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\ **Antwoorden:** 1\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [23 januari 2018 om 06:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-i-admit-something-thinking/78719 "2018-01-23T06:11:43Z")
… i’m kind of obsessed with updating the forum. Everytime I see New Version Available! I get all excited… perhaps more than I should…? That is all. #confession --- ## [Sudden Explosion in Crawler Views in 2.0 beta 1](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sudden-explosion-in-crawler-views-in-2-0-beta-1/78696)
**Author:** [@RyanK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RyanK)\ **Antwoorden:** 1\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [23 januari 2018 om 00:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sudden-explosion-in-crawler-views-in-2-0-beta-1/78696 "2018-01-23T00:12:38Z")
Saw a 200+% increase in web crawler PVs (over previous weekly high) despite no other major fluctuations in other areas. Did someting change or could it be a bug in the analytics? --- ## [In marketplace categories, should I remove old adverts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-marketplace-categories-should-i-remove-old-adverts/78582)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Antwoorden:** 1\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [21 januari 2018 om 13:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-marketplace-categories-should-i-remove-old-adverts/78582 "2018-01-21T13:56:09Z")
We have quite a few adverts each year. If I remove old ones (say 2+ years old), how it will affect forum ratings in Google and other search engines? Adverts are content too. Thoughts? --- ## [Communities at the research-practice interface ("breaking the ivory tower")](https://meta.discourse.org/t/communities-at-the-research-practice-interface-breaking-the-ivory-tower/68574)
**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\ **Antwoorden:** 8\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [21 januari 2018 om 09:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/communities-at-the-research-practice-interface-breaking-the-ivory-tower/68574 "2018-01-21T09:23:24Z")
I am planning a project to explore the use of (discourse) forums as a way of enhancing communication between researchers (academics) and anyone who might be interested in their field of research. The purpose of this topi… --- ## [What is your visit to sign up rate and how can it be improved?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-your-visit-to-sign-up-rate-and-how-can-it-be-improved/70094)
**Author:** [@James\_Higginson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Higginson)\ **Antwoorden:** 2\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [21 januari 2018 om 07:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-your-visit-to-sign-up-rate-and-how-can-it-be-improved/70094 "2018-01-21T07:26:00Z")
I’m interested in comparing my visit to signup rate with other Discourse community managers with a view to understanding how I could improve it. Lots of effort goes in to driving traffic to our community and I want to ca… --- ## [What Strategy Should I Use To Make My Community Active](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-strategy-should-i-use-to-make-my-community-active/70415)
**Author:** [@burningman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burningman)\ **Antwoorden:** 10\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [21 januari 2018 om 07:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-strategy-should-i-use-to-make-my-community-active/70415 "2018-01-21T07:18:36Z")
I created a forum. People are joining that forum but they are no engaging with the forum. Means they only read post but never reply and due to this forum quality is going off. What strategy should I implement, so that p… --- ## [New users within the past week (formatted usernames)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-within-the-past-week-formatted-usernames/275023)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Antwoorden:** 2\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [18 januari 2018 om 13:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-users-within-the-past-week-formatted-usernames/275023 "2018-01-18T13:26:55Z")
Hi, can anyone provide a data explorer query that provides a list of all new users within the past week and month? It’d be ideal if the format was so they were already @mentioned, making it easy to copy-paste it into a n… --- ## [Logo setup - my compliments!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-setup-my-compliments/78266)
**Author:** [@Untoldent](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Untoldent)\ **Antwoorden:** 0\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [17 januari 2018 om 13:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/logo-setup-my-compliments/78266 "2018-01-17T13:17:49Z")
Hey Discourse team… installing Discourse was a teensy bit nightmarish for me, but i just went through the whole setup process, and the UX/UI were wonderful. The whole section where you’re uploading logos, and you get an … --- ## [Alibaba and Microsoft AI beat humans in Stanford reading test (future of Q&A, customer support forums)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alibaba-and-microsoft-ai-beat-humans-in-stanford-reading-test-future-of-q-a-customer-support-forums/78180)
**Author:** [@jaevanryssel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jaevanryssel)\ **Antwoorden:** 1\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [16 januari 2018 om 17:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alibaba-and-microsoft-ai-beat-humans-in-stanford-reading-test-future-of-q-a-customer-support-forums/78180 "2018-01-16T17:51:25Z")
It shouldn’t be to surprising to anybody following the AI scene but recently the AI of Alibaba and Microsoft have beaten humans in a reading test. Note: by a small margin, it scored 82.44 in the exact answer category bea… --- ## [Pros and cons of a complimentary marketplace / e-commerce website; pricing strategies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pros-and-cons-of-a-complimentary-marketplace-e-commerce-website-pricing-strategies/77081)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Antwoorden:** 6\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [15 januari 2018 om 19:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pros-and-cons-of-a-complimentary-marketplace-e-commerce-website-pricing-strategies/77081 "2018-01-15T19:47:47Z")
So, here is the dilemma. Our community have been live for 3 years now. It’s all about producing milk, making cheese and so on. We have a marketplace on our forum that’s free for everyone: people sell animals and milk p… --- ## [Discourse team efficiency](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-team-efficiency/77206)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Antwoorden:** 5\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [9 januari 2018 om 06:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-team-efficiency/77206 "2018-01-09T06:00:26Z")
I just went through Discourse Version 1.9 and realized the amount of work being done by a small team of 20 people is enourmus. This of course not even counting the hosting platform you’re running and hundreds of clients … --- ## [Discourse is the by far most awesome solution for open source community platforms](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-the-by-far-most-awesome-solution-for-open-source-community-platforms/77263)
**Author:** [@dnsmichi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dnsmichi)\ **Antwoorden:** 4\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [5 januari 2018 om 10:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-the-by-far-most-awesome-solution-for-open-source-community-platforms/77263 "2018-01-05T10:30:06Z")
Hi there, first of all, I want to say thank you for this awesome, brilliant, modern, reliable, thought-ahead and free open source software :heart: It feels like the one and only Xmas present I now got to use and play wi… --- ## [Installed Discourse in 30 minutes with no prior knowledge](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-discourse-in-30-minutes-with-no-prior-knowledge/76838)
**Author:** [@gerald](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerald)\ **Antwoorden:** 6\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [4 januari 2018 om 10:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installed-discourse-in-30-minutes-with-no-prior-knowledge/76838 "2018-01-04T10:07:17Z")
Hey, Wanted to send big thanks to the devs, i was initially scared of all the ssh stuff and the Droplet configuration, but i followed the official guide and set up a self hosted Discourse in 30 minutes. I have little i… --- ## [Creating Accounts During a Suspension](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-accounts-during-a-suspension/77008)
**Author:** [@JonnyGamer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JonnyGamer)\ **Antwoorden:** 3\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [31 december 2017 om 08:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-accounts-during-a-suspension/77008 "2017-12-31T08:46:46Z")
Hey there everyone. On my part of discourse town we are having a few issues with a certain user who is constantly breaking the community guidelines. When suspended, they suddenly reappear on a new separate account! As y… --- ## [Anyone Using Cloudflare's Google Analytics App?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-using-cloudflares-google-analytics-app/76464)
**Author:** [@SouperC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SouperC)\ **Antwoorden:** 3\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [28 december 2017 om 18:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-using-cloudflares-google-analytics-app/76464 "2017-12-28T18:56:10Z")
Wondering if anyone else here been using the Google Analytics “app” in cloudflare and noticed a BIG spike in bounces and a drop in reported pageviews since the version update (approx three weeks ago). At first the code … --- ## [Using Discourse as a FAQ Help Center](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-faq-help-center/36541)
**Author:** [@AlexBCodecademy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AlexBCodecademy)\ **Antwoorden:** 8\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [27 december 2017 om 18:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-faq-help-center/36541 "2017-12-27T18:26:39Z")
Hello all, FIRST I am needing to create a new FAQ/help center on our website and instead of having to update/edit all the topics manually, I want to embed the discourse threads (OP) and the comments that follow -which … --- ## [Top Rare Disease Patient Community Runs on Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-rare-disease-patient-community-runs-on-discourse/76494)
**Author:** [@Ben\_Munoz1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ben_Munoz1)\ **Antwoorden:** 0\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [20 december 2017 om 17:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/top-rare-disease-patient-community-runs-on-discourse/76494 "2017-12-20T17:12:45Z")
Ben’s Friends Patient Communities is a 501c3 nonprofit that runs patient support communities for people with rare diseases. We have over 100k unique visitors every month on our sites. All of our discussions take place on… --- ## [Anyone built community first, then developed and sold new software to it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-built-community-first-then-developed-and-sold-new-software-to-it/75301)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Antwoorden:** 4\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [20 december 2017 om 01:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anyone-built-community-first-then-developed-and-sold-new-software-to-it/75301 "2017-12-20T01:26:00Z")
Do you know of any cases when a community was built first by enthusiasts, and only then came an idea for industry-specific software, then the software was built and sold successfully to the community? --- ## [Copy / paste from SQL MGM create table](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-from-sql-mgm-create-table/76302)
**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\ **Antwoorden:** 0\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [18 december 2017 om 09:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/copy-paste-from-sql-mgm-create-table/76302 "2017-12-18T09:33:57Z")
God bless all stuff for giving us automatic table format when copy / paste text from sql MGM studio datum SIFRA NAZIV docBrih docBroj2 napomena 02.02.2017 813 Kafe Picerja Zavidovići 000027 000026 Na temelju… --- ## [GPL or Free Software licence for forum content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gpl-or-free-software-licence-for-forum-content/37344)
**Author:** [@Frez](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frez)\ **Antwoorden:** 12\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [4 januari 2016 om 23:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/gpl-or-free-software-licence-for-forum-content/37344 "2016-01-04T23:07:57Z")
Is it legally possible to use a Free Software liscence for forum content. The goal here is to “free” all the content that has been produced on the forum. Given that users don’t sign of check any legal agreement I’m not s… --- ## [Data Explorer query help: metrics to understand unique individual participants](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-query-help-metrics-to-understand-unique-individual-participants/72385)
**Author:** [@southpaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/southpaw)\ **Antwoorden:** 9\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [4 december 2017 om 10:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-query-help-metrics-to-understand-unique-individual-participants/72385 "2017-12-04T10:18:11Z")
When I look at an individual topic, I can unfold a list of individuals who have posted on the topic, and the number of times they have done so: Could someone please help me build a query in Data Explorer to determine… --- ## [\[Success Story\] Discourse Cannabis Community - Growers Network](https://meta.discourse.org/t/success-story-discourse-cannabis-community-growers-network/75702)
**Author:** [@nickmorin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickmorin)\ **Antwoorden:** 1\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [10 december 2017 om 23:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/success-story-discourse-cannabis-community-growers-network/75702 "2017-12-10T23:10:10Z")
I just wanted to say thank you to everyone that makes Discourse possible and for all your help when I first joined your community seeking guidance. @codinghorror @sam @HAWK @pfaffman and many more! I launched our privat… --- ## [Should I disclose the numbers one should reach to get granted the highest trust level?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-disclose-the-numbers-one-should-reach-to-get-granted-the-highest-trust-level/75686)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Antwoorden:** 8\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [8 december 2017 om 22:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-i-disclose-the-numbers-one-should-reach-to-get-granted-the-highest-trust-level/75686 "2017-12-08T22:40:45Z")
People in our community sometimes think that the levels are not automatic, and there’s some bias in how levels are granted. Is it a good idea to disclose the current settings for trust levels, so that users know what ex… --- ## [Discourse metrics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-metrics/75387)
**Author:** [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)\ **Antwoorden:** 7\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [5 december 2017 om 22:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-metrics/75387 "2017-12-05T22:00:25Z")
Hi, I know that if I want more details than the metrics offered by Discourse I need Google Analytics or Piwik… but before adding anything, I‘d like to understand the metrics offered in the Dashboard and About page. I… --- ## [Canned replies turning into SEO nightmare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-turning-into-seo-nightmare/75482)
**Author:** [@shaundefense](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaundefense)\ **Antwoorden:** 1\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [5 december 2017 om 21:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-replies-turning-into-seo-nightmare/75482 "2017-12-05T21:33:32Z")
I’m running a marketplace using discourse, and with every listing with manually review the topic and follow up with a canned first response. This is now turning into an SEO issue because we have over 1000 pages that hav… --- ## [Do you display the list of live forum users on your counterpart website?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-display-the-list-of-live-forum-users-on-your-counterpart-website/75279)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Antwoorden:** 10\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [4 december 2017 om 21:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-display-the-list-of-live-forum-users-on-your-counterpart-website/75279 "2017-12-04T21:25:36Z")
Do you show the list of live users on your website, which is part of your community? For example, you might run Discourse and WordPress. Then the question is regarding WordPress: do you show which users are live (online… --- ## [Unique characters in password - good or bad?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unique-characters-in-password-good-or-bad/75305)
**Author:** [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)\ **Antwoorden:** 22\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [4 december 2017 om 12:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unique-characters-in-password-good-or-bad/75305 "2017-12-04T12:38:02Z")
When using Discourse as a private repository of sensitive/confidential information, we care about password security. My question is: is enforcing unique characters in passwords a good practice or bad? The Internet seem… --- ## [Self-Censorship on Facebook (Paper)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-censorship-on-facebook-paper/75277)
**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\ **Antwoorden:** 1\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [3 december 2017 om 13:29 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-censorship-on-facebook-paper/75277 "2017-12-03T13:29:53Z")
Interesting paper.. https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM13/paper/viewFile/6093/6350 Abstract We report results from an exploratory analysis examining “last-minute” self-censorship, or content that is filtere… --- ## [Weekly Discourse Summary?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-discourse-summary/74881)
**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\ **Antwoorden:** 22\ **Laatst bijgewerkt:** [1 december 2017 om 19:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/weekly-discourse-summary/74881 "2017-12-01T19:19:35Z")
Hi, it is exciting to see all the developments in Discourse each day. I wonder if anyone else feels overwhelmed by the challenge of keeping up with all that is changing? If so, I wonder if the team might consider - now o… [Vorige pagina](https://meta.discourse.org/c/community-building/65.md?page=63) [Volgende pagina](https://meta.discourse.org/c/community-building/65.md?page=65)