# Community Building

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## [为内容付费](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paying-for-content/71441)

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**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十二月1日 18:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paying-for-content/71441 "2017-12-01T18:02:46Z")

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我很好奇——做什么？

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## [In praise of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-praise-of-discourse/75150)

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**Author:** [@oiclid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/oiclid)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十二月1日 07:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/in-praise-of-discourse/75150 "2017-12-01T07:33:06Z")

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I visited Google groups yesterday (don’t worry Discourse, I still love you), and I was stunned by how much better and easier to use Discourse is. Actually, I rarely visit communities not based on Discourse, so maybe tha…

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## [Running a month-long contest to develop selected categories share its topics on the wider internet](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-a-month-long-contest-to-develop-selected-categories-share-its-topics-on-the-wider-internet/53738)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**回覆:** 15\
**Last updated:** [2017年十二月1日 04:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/running-a-month-long-contest-to-develop-selected-categories-share-its-topics-on-the-wider-internet/53738 "2017-12-01T04:10:15Z")

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This topic describes my experience and gives all you need to run a complex one-month long contest, which will give boost to your forum overall, and especially focus on developing a few selected categories. It is working…

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## [Podcast episodes about Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/podcast-episodes-about-discourse/74849)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**回覆:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2017年十一月28日 10:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/podcast-episodes-about-discourse/74849 "2017-11-28T10:39:48Z")

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Sometimes I listen to podcast episodes talking about Discourse in one way or another. I thought it might be interesting for others to build a topic linking to all such episodes. Jeff Atwood — Sharing the House Developer…

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## [Google Analytics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-analytics/74004)

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**Author:** [@dfrick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfrick)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月22日 09:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-analytics/74004 "2017-11-22T09:48:56Z")

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Hi - I’m wondering if there’s a way to connect to the reporting data inside Discourse’s dashboard? I’d like to build a dashboard that includes some of the metrics / data that isn’t available via Google Analytics, such as…

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## [Site testing: five users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-testing-five-users/74469)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**回覆:** 2\
**Last updated:** [2017年十一月21日 00:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-testing-five-users/74469 "2017-11-21T00:26:10Z")

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Hi Friends, as you test the usability of your sites, here’s an interesting insight: It makes the process feel far more manageable to me!

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## [Finding people to share a Discourse instance with](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-people-to-share-a-discourse-instance-with/74454)

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**Author:** [@Seanny123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seanny123)\
**回覆:** 10\
**Last updated:** [2017年十一月20日 21:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/finding-people-to-share-a-discourse-instance-with/74454 "2017-11-20T21:15:39Z")

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I have a blog. It’s not very good and it doesn’t have a ton of readers, but I’d still rather use Discourse than Disqus for a comment section. However, if it feels arrogant/wasteful/unsustainable to use a whole Discourse …

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## [Participation Histograms](https://meta.discourse.org/t/participation-histograms/275022)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月17日 14:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/participation-histograms/275022 "2017-11-17T14:42:55Z")

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Participation Histograms (Output from these used to make graphs shown in this post). Posts Read User Counts Number of users who have read at least N posts over the specified time period. -- \[params\] -- int :from\_days\_a…

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## [User participation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-participation/275012)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月17日 14:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-participation/275012 "2017-11-17T14:39:42Z")

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User participation Shows the following columns over a specified time range (in days): user\_id, username, name, email, visits, topics\_viewed, posts\_read, posts\_cr…

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## [Posting via email best practices](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-via-email-best-practices/74100)

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**Author:** [@Fsantiago](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fsantiago)\
**回覆:** 4\
**Last updated:** [2017年十一月15日 14:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/posting-via-email-best-practices/74100 "2017-11-15T14:01:51Z")

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Hello discourse community. On my discourse site, in the category about topics, I advertise the posting email address for that category and mention it’s for trusted users above a certain level. I post the address as a png…

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## [Creating a social site with discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-social-site-with-discourse/73919)

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**Author:** [@burningman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burningman)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月12日 07:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-social-site-with-discourse/73919 "2017-11-12T07:02:32Z")

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Hey, I want to create a social site with discourse I don’t want to create a social site like facebook because it’s not possible. But, I want to create a community of fan following means let’s say “Rock” fan following. …

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## [Milestones, Goals, and Statistics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/milestones-goals-and-statistics/73838)

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**Author:** [@ShadowPauler](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ShadowPauler)\
**回覆:** 3\
**Last updated:** [2017年十一月10日 18:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/milestones-goals-and-statistics/73838 "2017-11-10T18:13:57Z")

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It would be really nice if we had a Milestone or Goal system where the staff could set-up so they are notified when the requirements have been met, such as… Amount of signed-up users How much bandwidth the forums have …

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## [Best practices for setting up the staff like weight](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-setting-up-the-staff-like-weight/73752)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**回覆:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2017年十一月9日 16:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-setting-up-the-staff-like-weight/73752 "2017-11-09T16:24:43Z")

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In Discourse, there is a setting: staff like weight It makes likes from mods/admins more important, i.e. weight more. I assume it affects user / topic / post ranking. The default value is 3. Now, is there any best pra…

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## [Using Discourse for online office](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-online-office/73671)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_White1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy_White1)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月8日 04:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-online-office/73671 "2017-11-08T04:21:27Z")

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I set up the PCG (now IPSE) back in 1999 with 2000 other Freelancers. It was the first example of Crowd Funding in the UK and we organised the very first Smart Mob when 700 Freelancers turned up at House of Commons to Gr…

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## [Discourse is Best Forum Solution in the 2017 CMS Critic Awards](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-best-forum-solution-in-the-2017-cms-critic-awards/73548)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月7日 23:25 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-best-forum-solution-in-the-2017-cms-critic-awards/73548 "2017-11-07T23:25:20Z")

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Continuing the discussion from :mega: Last chance to vote for Discourse in CMS Critic Awards!: Great news! Discourse has been voted the 2017 Best Forum Solution in the CMS Critic Awards! Thanks to everyone who voted! …

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## [Changing Lanes: Nudging people to move discussions to more appropriate tools](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-lanes-nudging-people-to-move-discussions-to-more-appropriate-tools/73515)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月6日 19:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-lanes-nudging-people-to-move-discussions-to-more-appropriate-tools/73515 "2017-11-06T19:58:04Z")

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I have this vague recollection of @codinghorror referring to the idea below as “changing lanes” in a post somewhere, but I can’t find it Continuing the discussion from HTML/RTF pasting: I completely agree. Google Do…

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## [Discourse as LMS?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-lms/73482)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月6日 12:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-lms/73482 "2017-11-06T12:01:45Z")

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Hi, does anyone use Discourse as their LMS? If so, what’s working? What’s not? How have you supplemented Discourse? We’re considering it ourselves - proof of concept and good ideas from others are appreciated!

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## [What happens in six years?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-in-six-years/73455)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月5日 20:17 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-happens-in-six-years/73455 "2017-11-05T20:17:48Z")

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Hi @codinghorror, other Discourse team members - In light of the 10, or 6, year plan for Discourse, what’s the plan for six years from now? Is there an end date to the Discourse project?

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## [Converting, combining, migrating - Yes!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-combining-migrating-yes/73323)

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**Author:** [@omarfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/omarfilip)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月2日 20:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/converting-combining-migrating-yes/73323 "2017-11-02T20:55:36Z")

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Here’s a ginormous thank you to the Discourse team for creating this really cool platform and for being constantly engaged in its support. Individual thanks to @gerhard for the awesome phpBB importer, to @simon for the …

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## [Reddit CEO: "Most Human Place on the Internet"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ceo-most-human-place-on-the-internet/73257)

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**Author:** [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月2日 10:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reddit-ceo-most-human-place-on-the-internet/73257 "2017-11-02T10:22:38Z")

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Unsure if this sits in the right category, but, I found this read to be a fascinating one. I know that Discourse was designed to enable the best engagement that humans can have with one another, digitally… so it’s good …

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## [Community Software vs Community Platform Software](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-software-vs-community-platform-software/73230)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月2日 07:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-software-vs-community-platform-software/73230 "2017-11-02T07:09:29Z")

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Hi, I’ve been thinking about the difference between community software and community platform software. Community software conceptualizes the software as enabling “community management”, building a community for an orga…

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## [📣 Last chance to vote for Discourse in CMS Critic Awards!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mega-last-chance-to-vote-for-discourse-in-cms-critic-awards/73203)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十一月1日 20:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mega-last-chance-to-vote-for-discourse-in-cms-critic-awards/73203 "2017-11-01T20:51:37Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Nominate Discourse for CMS Critic Awards 2017: No email updates were ever sent out, so I suddenly discovered that today is the last day of voting in the CMS Critic Awards. If you feel lik…

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## [Nominate Discourse for CMS Critic Awards 2017](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nominate-discourse-for-cms-critic-awards-2017/65649)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**回覆:** 11\
**Last updated:** [2017年十一月1日 10:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nominate-discourse-for-cms-critic-awards-2017/65649 "2017-11-01T10:40:03Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Nominate Discourse for CMS Critic Awards 2016: Please take 2 minutes aside and go nominate Discourse for the CMS Critic Awards 2017! Follow the link above Enter your Name and Email and…

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## [Big drop in Google traffic after migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/big-drop-in-google-traffic-after-migration/71963)

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**Author:** [@eba](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eba)\
**回覆:** 8\
**Last updated:** [2017年十月29日 07:40 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/big-drop-in-google-traffic-after-migration/71963 "2017-10-29T07:40:18Z")

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In the past 90 days we’ve seen a steady decline in traffic Google is feeding us. Before Discourse, our community lived in Vbulletin. I’m afraid something is off with the transition. A year ago, we saw an average of 20…

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## [Awarding badges multiple times with custom SQL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/awarding-badges-multiple-times-with-custom-sql/71279)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**回覆:** 2\
**Last updated:** [2017年十月25日 10:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/awarding-badges-multiple-times-with-custom-sql/71279 "2017-10-25T10:12:32Z")

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I have a badge that’s awarded to people who attend one of our regular events. Because it’s not straightforward to grant badges en masse, I’m using custom SQL to grant the badge. What’s not working, though, is receiving t…

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## [Successful Migration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/successful-migration/72702)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十月24日 17:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/successful-migration/72702 "2017-10-24T17:00:08Z")

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Hi, Over the past week, we’ve migrated our community to Discourse. Our experience so far demonstrates the power of open source: @pfaffman was available to handle the database import on short notice @joebuhlig did a be…

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## [Thanks to discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-to-discourse/72512)

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**Author:** [@Noah751](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Noah751)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十月21日 05:21 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thanks-to-discourse/72512 "2017-10-21T05:21:46Z")

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Discourse is my all top favorite forum, why because of the discourse team, without all their contributions and dedication to expanding the forum, I would of never gotten this far without them, I started off new and unfam…

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## [Maintaining User Lists in Closed Community](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintaining-user-lists-in-closed-community/72296)

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**Author:** [@DMRF](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DMRF)\
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**Last updated:** [2017年十月18日 14:33 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maintaining-user-lists-in-closed-community/72296 "2017-10-18T14:33:18Z")

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Hello, We’re in the process of launching a community on Discourse. Since the nature of the community is generally religious, our stakeholders seem intent on having a very closed membership (keeping the conversation in t…

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## [Global statistics on how the number of pageviews correlate to the earnings from ads shown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-statistics-on-how-the-number-of-pageviews-correlate-to-the-earnings-from-ads-shown/72271)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**回覆:** 1\
**Last updated:** [2017年十月17日 15:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/global-statistics-on-how-the-number-of-pageviews-correlate-to-the-earnings-from-ads-shown/72271 "2017-10-17T15:13:51Z")

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Any global statistics on how the number of pageviews correlate to the earnings from ads shown? Will it make any sense to display advertisements for 200k pageviews / month, or will it bring just cents / a few dollars per …

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## [What plugins do you use - and why?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-plugins-do-you-use-and-why/71904)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**回覆:** 2\
**Last updated:** [2017年十月17日 14:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-plugins-do-you-use-and-why/71904 "2017-10-17T14:41:05Z")

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Hi, I’m curious what plugins established Discourse forum owners are using - and why. It’d be interesting to understand not only what plugin(s) you use, but what purpose you use it for. Hopefully this sparks some new ide…

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