# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=107&status=open

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## [Canned reply variable for direct message recipient](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-reply-variable-for-direct-message-recipient/168115)

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**Author:** [@Roblox\_Guy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roblox_Guy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/canned-reply-variable-for-direct-message-recipient/168115 "2020-10-25T01:30:03Z")

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Currently there are multiple variables for use in canned replies, which you can see here. As these are meant for replies, currently none of these variables work to list the name or username of the recipient of the origin…

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## [Make it easier to identify between stats on the Users page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-easier-to-identify-between-stats-on-the-users-page/168156)

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**Author:** [@polynon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/polynon)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-it-easier-to-identify-between-stats-on-the-users-page/168156 "2020-10-24T23:07:54Z")

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Users on our forum including myself forget the order of the contents in the table on the /u page after scrolling down. If it was frozen to the top of the page, we’d be able to quickly reference it and know which stat I’m…

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## [Code Review: Issues Migrator](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-review-issues-migrator/167409)

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**Author:** [@mrbobbytables](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrbobbytables)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/code-review-issues-migrator/167409 "2020-10-23T21:49:57Z")

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My apologies if this is the wrong place to post this, but is there any plan to include functionality similar to the GitHub Issue → Discourse migrator again? We would love to use this in the kubernetes project and a few …

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## [Jump to post of group member](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jump-to-post-of-group-member/64862)

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**Author:** [@darix](https://meta.discourse.org/u/darix)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2020, 9:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/jump-to-post-of-group-member/64862 "2020-10-22T21:14:19Z")

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I was wondering if the following can be done in a plugin already: all devs for a project are in a group “Developer” for long threads it would be nice to have a button for “jump to next developer post”. from the cur…

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## [User cannot delete own topics once they have replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cannot-delete-own-topics-once-they-have-replies/86853)

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**Author:** [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cannot-delete-own-topics-once-they-have-replies/86853 "2020-10-20T14:14:27Z")

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Hi, I might be missing something obvious but I cannot see it. The items to appear in the post menu are as follows: Admin can see as above but users see less options: Any ideas? Thanks.

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## [WikiApiary equivalent on Discourse Hub app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wikiapiary-equivalent-on-discourse-hub-app/166887)

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**Author:** [@Jonathan5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jonathan5)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wikiapiary-equivalent-on-discourse-hub-app/166887 "2020-10-20T13:02:03Z")

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There is an interesting website about MediaWiki called WikiApiary which shows details of many websites gleaned from the MediaWiki API. It would be good if a similar database of Discourse forums existed, as a website and…

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## [Delegate poll votes to another person/persons](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delegate-poll-votes-to-another-person-persons/167720)

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**Author:** [@Carl\_Hashmi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carl_Hashmi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delegate-poll-votes-to-another-person-persons/167720 "2020-10-20T12:23:21Z")

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Request, possibility to delegate vote to another person/persons. Hi, we currently have a solution for voting with liquid democracy, giving the possibility to delegate your vote to another person/persons if you don´t hav…

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## [Optimize discourse css via PageSpeed insights](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimize-discourse-css-via-pagespeed-insights/167554)

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**Author:** [@tirex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tirex)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimize-discourse-css-via-pagespeed-insights/167554 "2020-10-19T00:08:09Z")

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Hi, after doing analysis on my forum with PageSpeed Insights, I see that discourse use ~55 kB of unused css. In my opinion this is a much, so you can use PurgeCSS to optimize discourse styles. I think this is an import…

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## [Flagging "alternative facts"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-alternative-facts/167516)

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**Author:** [@Alexander\_Wright](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Wright)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/flagging-alternative-facts/167516 "2020-10-18T14:23:37Z")

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My forum has acquired a small number of users who are posting… … alternative facts. Is there any way of adding something of that nature to the offered flag reasons, please?

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## [Get a trial for TL0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-a-trial-for-tl0/167388)

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**Author:** [@anon89147131](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon89147131)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 17, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-a-trial-for-tl0/167388 "2020-10-17T11:00:46Z")

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For example, I would suggest a feature where before a user is officially accepted onto the community they have a trial website with a special badge and a username of trial@anonymous.co, when they get accepted by having s…

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## [Manual Ordering of Bookmarks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-ordering-of-bookmarks/167015)

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**Author:** [@kemitchell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kemitchell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-ordering-of-bookmarks/167015 "2020-10-16T18:24:46Z")

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I would like to be able to manually reorder bookmarks on /u/{handle}/activity/bookmarks, as a way off tracking priority of posts bookmarked as to-dos.

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## [Approach to a Nominate Post Button?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approach-to-a-nominate-post-button/86828)

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**Author:** [@mermaldad](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mermaldad)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2018, 11:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/approach-to-a-nominate-post-button/86828 "2018-05-06T11:15:43Z")

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TL;DR: What would it take to allow users nominate posts for a contest? I’m an admin on the Maslow CNC Discourse Forum (https://forums.maslowcnc.com). I have been running a weekly “Project of the Week” contest where user…

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## [Status of draft management?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/status-of-draft-management/165153)

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**Author:** [@HedgeMage](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HedgeMage)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/status-of-draft-management/165153 "2020-10-14T23:24:48Z")

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There are a couple of threads here bearing requests for collaborative drafting of posts, and the ability to save and manage more drafts, but they all seem very stale. Can anyone offer me a more up-to-date view of the st…

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## [Support for Embeting AR content like USDZ files with Apple Quick Look](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-embeting-ar-content-like-usdz-files-with-apple-quick-look/166678)

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**Author:** [@V86](https://meta.discourse.org/u/V86)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/support-for-embeting-ar-content-like-usdz-files-with-apple-quick-look/166678 "2020-10-08T17:42:25Z")

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Today file upload support these file types: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, pdf, csv, gz, json, svg, mp4, txt, docx, mov, tex, zip, webm, heic, heif) Is it possible to add USDZ (augmented reality file for Iphone) as a supportet f…

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## [Allow users to select title from multiple groups they belong to](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-select-title-from-multiple-groups-they-belong-to/111996)

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**Author:** [@cjk77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cjk77)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-users-to-select-title-from-multiple-groups-they-belong-to/111996 "2020-10-07T15:25:44Z")

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Are there any plans to make the user’s primary group user-selectable? Right now, only admins (and perhaps mods?) can change it, which occasionally leads to users requesting we change it for them. Also, I’ve noticed that…

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## [How to block all crawlers but Google's](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-all-crawlers-but-googles/62431)

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**Author:** [@Roy\_ILGM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Roy_ILGM)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 21, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-block-all-crawlers-but-googles/62431 "2019-07-21T10:59:08Z")

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About 1/3 of our traffic is from crawlers (about 250K last month). Is there a way to block these but allow Google’s crawlers?

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## [Was this Article helpful? Yes or No](https://meta.discourse.org/t/was-this-article-helpful-yes-or-no/157223)

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**Author:** [@Monika\_Gupta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Monika_Gupta)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/was-this-article-helpful-yes-or-no/157223 "2020-10-07T01:47:48Z")

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Hi, Do we have a feature where we can put a ‘Was this Article Helpful? Yes or No’ box below the articles? It can help us understand user understanding better.

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## [Turning a Message into a Reply Should Keep Recipient List](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-a-message-into-a-reply-should-keep-recipient-list/166443)

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**Author:** [@Macaw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Macaw)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/turning-a-message-into-a-reply-should-keep-recipient-list/166443 "2020-10-06T21:15:51Z")

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You can turn any unposted reply into a private message as seen below: Here you can see me adding a user to the recipient list. However, when I turn the private message into a reply and back to a private message, al…

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## [Send custom email to user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-custom-email-to-user/166377)

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**Author:** [@Drakon74](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drakon74)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-custom-email-to-user/166377 "2020-10-06T12:55:44Z")

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Hello, i tried to search for a similiar topic, but couldn’t find one. Anyway, i recently had the situation that i wanted to send an email to all users of my forum, to inform them about something important. This mail ha…

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## [Insert Link popup in Editor should allow target=blank](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-link-popup-in-editor-should-allow-target-blank/133555)

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**Author:** [@rogerco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rogerco)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/insert-link-popup-in-editor-should-allow-target-blank/133555 "2020-10-05T10:36:57Z")

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The editor Link button does not allow you to specify the target for the link, so all links entered using it have to open in the same tab/window. like this If you enter an html link you can specify target=“\_blank” and it…

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## [Onebox Twitter embedding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-twitter-embedding/18943)

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**Author:** [@limeblast](https://meta.discourse.org/u/limeblast)\
**Replies:** 45\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-twitter-embedding/18943 "2020-10-05T07:20:42Z")

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Note: This is now implemented. What are the chances that the onebox system can be configured so it uses Twitter’s embedded tweets? i.e. - this: not this:

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## [Merged notifications always take you to the first response](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merged-notifications-always-take-you-to-the-first-response/166190)

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**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/merged-notifications-always-take-you-to-the-first-response/166190 "2020-10-05T06:03:09Z")

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When multiple replies are given to a post in a topic, its notifications become one. For example, the title of the notification is: When we click on the notification, the topic opens and the first response related to t…

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## [List of post replies in mobile theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-post-replies-in-mobile-theme/162431)

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**Author:** [@nildarar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nildarar)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-post-replies-in-mobile-theme/162431 "2020-10-04T09:25:36Z")

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Hi, Can I add a button for opening post replies in mobile theme? Mobile users miss their replies in large topics!

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## [Way to remove link from simple url in post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/way-to-remove-link-from-simple-url-in-post/166147)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/way-to-remove-link-from-simple-url-in-post/166147 "2020-10-04T06:27:27Z")

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Sometimes it’s desirable to refer to a website by it’s domain name, but not have it become a link. For example, on community.wanikani.com (a forum for learning Japanese), people often refer to “jisho” as a specific websi…

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## [Edited posts are not sent via email in mailing list mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-are-not-sent-via-email-in-mailing-list-mode/165997)

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**Author:** [@waehlisch](https://meta.discourse.org/u/waehlisch)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/edited-posts-are-not-sent-via-email-in-mailing-list-mode/165997 "2020-10-03T16:11:13Z")

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only newly-created posts are sent via email. when someone edits a post, changes are not sent via email. this leads to a lack of information for those who use Discourse only based on email.

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## [Rich text pasting in bio](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-pasting-in-bio/165736)

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**Author:** [@mentalstring](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mentalstring)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rich-text-pasting-in-bio/165736 "2020-09-29T14:56:33Z")

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The pasting of rich text into a post (converting it to Markdown) seems to be working well (although noted as experimental). Would it be possible have this enabled also for the bio field since it also accepts Markdown? T…

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## [Limit frequency of replies for specific users?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-frequency-of-replies-for-specific-users/165685)

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**Author:** [@anon23840344](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon23840344)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-frequency-of-replies-for-specific-users/165685 "2020-09-29T18:48:47Z")

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Would it be possible to limit how frequently a user can reply? This could help reign those who reply too much in one day, or who reply too often, or who reply too quickly. It could help cool heated discussions. It could …

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## [Webhook for group user approval](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-group-user-approval/165058)

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**Author:** [@bartv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bartv)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 10:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webhook-for-group-user-approval/165058 "2020-09-29T10:08:44Z")

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Hi, Is there a webhook that fires when I add a user to a group or approve their membership request? I tried the User Events (When a user logs in, logs out, is created, approved or updated) webhook but I don’t think it a…

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## [Configure ruby's memory limit?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-rubys-memory-limit/165651)

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**Author:** [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-rubys-memory-limit/165651 "2020-09-28T23:51:26Z")

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Could it be made a site configuration option as to how much memory can be used? Presently the tuning is set to 2G (Edit: oops, I am wrong, see below) - previously it was 4G - and yet the recommended hardware configurati…

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## [Admin/moderator option per user to trigger a reset bump date when an edit is saved](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-moderator-option-per-user-to-trigger-a-reset-bump-date-when-an-edit-is-saved/165517)

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**Author:** [@EricGT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/EricGT)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/admin-moderator-option-per-user-to-trigger-a-reset-bump-date-when-an-edit-is-saved/165517 "2020-09-28T17:09:11Z")

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As a Discourse user at some point we will run into the user who constantly edits their post. When their post is the last post in the topic it constantly pushes the topic to the top of the latest list. Some users know th…

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