# Feature

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## [Can we make a Donation Rank List?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-a-donation-rank-list/78485)

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**Author:** [@xiasummer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xiasummer)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-make-a-donation-rank-list/78485 "2018-01-19T15:26:05Z")

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There are some topics about how to donate to the owner of the discourse manager or someone, like While I have to say, there are many currencies and many paying platform, so maybe it has to integrate many paying platfo…

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## [Categories view does not keep vertical scroll position](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-view-does-not-keep-vertical-scroll-position/48702)

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**Author:** [@ljpp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ljpp)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/categories-view-does-not-keep-vertical-scroll-position/48702 "2018-01-19T15:36:02Z")

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The vertical scroll position of the Categories view is lost when a user enters a topic and then hits the back button of the browser. In topic list views it works as expected. Repro steps: Go to Categories Scroll down …

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## [Send summary of new posts to chat instead of every post update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-summary-of-new-posts-to-chat-instead-of-every-post-update/78481)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-summary-of-new-posts-to-chat-instead-of-every-post-update/78481 "2018-01-19T14:35:33Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Chatroom Integration Plugin (discourse-chat-integration): This is just an unfinished idea but we wanted to make it public to see if anyone else had been pondering on something similar: c…

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## [When does adding a tag to a topic cause the topic to be bumped?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-does-adding-a-tag-to-a-topic-cause-the-topic-to-be-bumped/78416)

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**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/when-does-adding-a-tag-to-a-topic-cause-the-topic-to-be-bumped/78416 "2018-01-18T22:03:11Z")

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Hi, I have, hesitantly, tagged this topic as a bug, although it may be intended behaviour. Quite frequently, performing a moderator role, I will edit a post and add a specific tag to it. I have noticed that when I do …

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## [Accessibility: Need way to browse between messages quickly](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-need-way-to-browse-between-messages-quickly/77901)

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**Author:** [@kevinrobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinrobinson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-need-way-to-browse-between-messages-quickly/77901 "2018-01-18T21:57:22Z")

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This is split out from the master accessibility thread: Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements. This issue applies to when you’re looking at a topic with a bunch of replies. A page like this: The…

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## [Accessibility: Focus management in topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-focus-management-in-topics/78109)

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**Author:** [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-focus-management-in-topics/78109 "2018-01-18T20:29:53Z")

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I think that fixing the J/K navigation focus management will fix the first linked topic, and is a prerequisite for solving the second topic. @kevinrobinson List of problems noticed before creating this: Posts nee…

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## [Accessibility: Signal changes to screen readers on navigation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-signal-changes-to-screen-readers-on-navigation/77897)

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**Author:** [@kevinrobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinrobinson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-signal-changes-to-screen-readers-on-navigation/77897 "2018-01-18T20:25:21Z")

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This is split out from the master accessibility thread: Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements. This is some feedback from an accessibility audit for one of our forum instances. The story is specific …

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## [Selective backups skipping settings and config](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selective-backups-skipping-settings-and-config/59157)

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**Author:** [@solitaryr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/solitaryr)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/selective-backups-skipping-settings-and-config/59157 "2018-01-18T04:10:01Z")

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While looking at the backup and restore options, it seems that it is an all or nothing type scheme. Is there a way to choose the components backed up/restored? Currently, only files can be exempted but it would be hand…

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## [Should "Top" include topics older topics with new posts in the selected period?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-top-include-topics-older-topics-with-new-posts-in-the-selected-period/76670)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-top-include-topics-older-topics-with-new-posts-in-the-selected-period/76670 "2018-01-17T21:58:48Z")

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One of the best features of Discourse, vs. something like Slack, is that discussions can unfold over a long period of time. I love it when I see a thread that has laid dormant for 3 months revived with new thoughts and …

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## [Extend the content sharing functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-the-content-sharing-functionality/78203)

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**Author:** [@jerdog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerdog)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/extend-the-content-sharing-functionality/78203 "2018-01-16T19:16:40Z")

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Currently, you can share a post on your choice of posts and it will pop up a window with some options: The tweet, for instance, looks pretty normal: But what I would suggest is the following: In Admin somewhere…

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## [Muting users in 1.7](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408)

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**Author:** [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/muting-users-in-1-7/56408 "2018-01-14T19:41:44Z")

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Thought I’d break this into a new topic. Im getting ready to communicate to our users soon about the mute users feature added in 1.7. Sounds very practical From what I read @zogstrip it sounds like the main benefits are …

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## [Accessibility: Semantic labeling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-semantic-labeling/77889)

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**Author:** [@kevinrobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinrobinson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-semantic-labeling/77889 "2018-01-12T21:51:38Z")

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This is split out from the master accessibility thread: Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements. Accessibility question: Are form fields and links properly labeled? Not always. Missing label noted in…

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## [Accessibility: Category page should have H4 or LI for category names](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-category-page-should-have-h4-or-li-for-category-names/77893)

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**Author:** [@kevinrobinson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kevinrobinson)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-category-page-should-have-h4-or-li-for-category-names/77893 "2018-01-12T21:49:27Z")

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This is split out from the master accessibility thread: Accessibility audit and shepherd for making improvements. These are span tags, they should be LI or H4 tags. This is the relevant part of the UI on the categori…

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## [Group admin dashboard?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-admin-dashboard/77751)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-admin-dashboard/77751 "2018-01-12T07:52:38Z")

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Hi, I am constantly thinking about how to ‘give away’ my community to network/community leaders across our global organization. I want there to be dozens of leaders who own our community and see it as vital for their day…

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## [Avatar badges don't show in list view](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-badges-dont-show-in-list-view/77748)

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**Author:** [@Jean-Baptiste\_Thieba](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jean-Baptiste_Thieba)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-badges-dont-show-in-list-view/77748 "2018-01-11T16:52:42Z")

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Hi there, We’ve recently added badges to our avatars to distinguish admin and paying customers from free users of our products. It shows like that: However, the badge does not persist on the list view, so without g…

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## [Do not notify award of certain badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-notify-award-of-certain-badges/62309)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-not-notify-award-of-certain-badges/62309 "2018-01-11T16:07:14Z")

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I am using certain badges based on group membership in order to allow users to choose a title reflecting their membership in a group. (Technically, what happens is that when users join a group, within 24 hours they are a…

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## [Distinguish links converted from raw text and made using formatting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distinguish-links-converted-from-raw-text-and-made-using-formatting/77503)

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**Author:** [@jooize](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jooize)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/distinguish-links-converted-from-raw-text-and-made-using-formatting/77503 "2018-01-09T05:04:31Z")

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Links can be misleading and potentially an attack vector. https://discourse.org That links goes to meta.discourse.org, but you wouldn’t know without checking first. Discourse could indicate when a link is converted fr…

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## [Notify user when certain words appear in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-user-when-certain-words-appear-in-posts/65236)

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**Author:** [@ked](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ked)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notify-user-when-certain-words-appear-in-posts/65236 "2018-01-08T19:14:42Z")

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Use Case: simply saying thank you to someone who has posted on a topic that was missing or lacking within a forum. As in, “hey, thanks for your insightful post on Mars. We’ve been hoping someone would shed some light …

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## [Suggested improvements to discourse backup format](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-improvements-to-discourse-backup-format/77451)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2018, 5:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-improvements-to-discourse-backup-format/77451 "2018-01-08T05:41:33Z")

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We are double compressing database: First time at: Second time at: Instead this really should be a simple “tar file”, with the db added to it and then a bundle of compressed files. backup.tar - metadata - datab…

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## [Embedding in posts with ALL CAPITAL titles](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-in-posts-with-all-capital-titles/71500)

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**Author:** [@clinton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/clinton)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 6:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-in-posts-with-all-capital-titles/71500 "2018-01-04T06:01:22Z")

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With embedded enabled and using feed settings RSS/Atom to get a list of posts. Topics get created with ‘ALL CAPITALS’, this appears to be against discourse conventions. (A user can’t create an all capital topic). Plus, …

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## [Option not to pull hotlinked images in PM topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-not-to-pull-hotlinked-images-in-pm-topics/77075)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-not-to-pull-hotlinked-images-in-pm-topics/77075 "2018-01-03T09:04:10Z")

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One of the possible means to reduce storage consumed by uploads is to not pull hotlinked images in private messages. Is such a configuration option possible?

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## [More nuanced group visibility (based on group membership)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-nuanced-group-visibility-based-on-group-membership/77129)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/more-nuanced-group-visibility-based-on-group-membership/77129 "2018-01-02T21:22:46Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Hidden Group Membership: How about more than the current four visibility levels? Probably the most frequent use case for this would be to allow group members to apply for membership in sub…

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## [Visual indicator when a user can't see a mention](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-indicator-when-a-user-cant-see-a-mention/44515)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2017, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/visual-indicator-when-a-user-cant-see-a-mention/44515 "2017-12-28T15:16:32Z")

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Currently when a user cannot “see” or receive a notification of a mention of their username there could be a better visual indicator. I would like to see some like how Facebook handles this… Normally a mention on Face…

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## [Custom emoji overrides](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoji-overrides/76741)

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**Author:** [@brianhicks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brianhicks)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoji-overrides/76741 "2017-12-27T18:07:17Z")

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Prior related thread: https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-emoji-set-s/27957 I’d like a way to override certain builtin emoji with my own. Specifically, I’d like to use Mutant Standard instead of the default emoji set. T…

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## [Staff should have the ability to edit poll results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-should-have-the-ability-to-edit-poll-results/76650)

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**Author:** [@Biscuit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Biscuit)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-should-have-the-ability-to-edit-poll-results/76650 "2017-12-24T05:35:01Z")

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It appears that Moderators are unable to correct poll results. This means an important forum poll can easily be compromised by one or more forum members using inappropriate accounts to vote. It’s frustrating to know wit…

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## [Suppress category but keep topic for OP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-category-but-keep-topic-for-op/76615)

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**Author:** [@Anshul\_TM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anshul_TM)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suppress-category-but-keep-topic-for-op/76615 "2017-12-24T01:23:24Z")

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Hello, My forum has a category which is relevant to OP and staff only. I’d like to suppress all posts by others in the category, but keep my posts visible on homepage. Even better if we can not suppress for staff memb…

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## [How to get the numbers of users watching/tracking a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-numbers-of-users-watching-tracking-a-topic/76570)

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**Author:** [@Sowmay](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sowmay)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-the-numbers-of-users-watching-tracking-a-topic/76570 "2017-12-21T17:46:15Z")

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Just wondering if it’s possible to calculate that how many users are watching or tracking a particular topic? Also, if it’s possible to get their details (like emails)?

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## [Share a webpage link in mobile app?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-webpage-link-in-mobile-app/76559)

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**Author:** [@Ivan\_Rapekas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ivan_Rapekas)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-a-webpage-link-in-mobile-app/76559 "2017-12-21T14:33:33Z")

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Before announcing mobile application for our customers I’ve performed some tests. I found that sharing a webpage URL :mega: using app is a tricky action. Native browser has a share button, the application does not. Every…

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## [Archiving post should remove item from all notifications](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archiving-post-should-remove-item-from-all-notifications/38321)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/archiving-post-should-remove-item-from-all-notifications/38321 "2017-12-21T02:12:05Z")

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It would be really cool if archiving a post would remove it from the notification list others have. As far as I know archiving pretty much makes it done. But other users still have a notification for it. Usecase: group …

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## [Developer Access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developer-access/76162)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/developer-access/76162 "2017-12-21T01:49:02Z")

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Hi, I’d like to propose a permissions level called “Developer”. It would give full access to the administrative backend of a Discourse site without giving any access to the categories and discussions that the user does …

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