# Feature

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=165

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## [Detect spam TL0 users when using Akismet plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detect-spam-tl0-users-when-using-akismet-plugin/107731)

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**Author:** [@saurabhp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/saurabhp)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/detect-spam-tl0-users-when-using-akismet-plugin/107731 "2019-02-06T02:57:57Z")

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We would like to detect spam users using the Akismet plugin(when it is installed). User’s About me field will be used as an input to the Akismet to detect for spam users. This will only detect spam among TL0 users. This…

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## [Adding social share buttons to all badges when rewarding them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-social-share-buttons-to-all-badges-when-rewarding-them/108455)

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**Author:** [@thegurjyot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thegurjyot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-social-share-buttons-to-all-badges-when-rewarding-them/108455 "2019-02-06T00:31:43Z")

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Badges is a good way to reward members and to keep them motivated. But that moment of getting a new badge is also a happy moment which, I think would be worth sharing within their social circle. Can that sharing process …

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## [A way of tagging someone without notifying them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-of-tagging-someone-without-notifying-them/108361)

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**Author:** [@HopscotchRemixer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HopscotchRemixer)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-of-tagging-someone-without-notifying-them/108361 "2019-02-05T03:20:40Z")

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I was wondering if there could be a feature that would allow you to tag someone, so other people could see their profile easily just by clicking on their name, but it doesn’t actually notify the person (regardless if the…

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## [Would it be possible to have category page style as a profile option?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-it-be-possible-to-have-category-page-style-as-a-profile-option/108358)

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**Author:** [@Dannii](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dannii)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 3:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-it-be-possible-to-have-category-page-style-as-a-profile-option/108358 "2019-02-05T03:11:41Z")

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There is an admin option for what kind of category page to have: categories only, categories and top, categories and latest etc. There is a profile option for what home page you want: latest, top, categories, new, etc. …

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## [MaxMindDB needs update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxminddb-needs-update/108295)

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**Author:** [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/maxminddb-needs-update/108295 "2019-02-04T09:22:13Z")

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The version of MaxMindDB being shipped with discourse seems to have got outdated (it reports my IP from an incorrect city/state) whilst, checking the same IP against their GeoIP2 demo, It reports the Correct State/City. …

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## [Asking topic owners if they want their topic to be bumped](https://meta.discourse.org/t/asking-topic-owners-if-they-want-their-topic-to-be-bumped/108285)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/asking-topic-owners-if-they-want-their-topic-to-be-bumped/108285 "2019-02-04T06:20:47Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Automatically bumping old topics on a category: I’m looking at this more like a way to engage users: it’d be nice and engaging if the auto-bump bot first ask topic owners if they want the…

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## ["Topics" and "Activity" tabs need re-thinking on the group page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-and-activity-tabs-need-re-thinking-on-the-group-page/55216)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-and-activity-tabs-need-re-thinking-on-the-group-page/55216 "2019-02-04T02:41:06Z")

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Firstly I think the Groups feature is excellent, and shaping up fast, thanks to the efforts of @tgxworld and others. One suggestion - I think the “Topics” and “Activity” tabs need re-thinking on the group page. These t…

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## [Is there a way to make people follow a category during registration?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-people-follow-a-category-during-registration/108191)

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**Author:** [@thegurjyot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/thegurjyot)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2019, 9:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-people-follow-a-category-during-registration/108191 "2019-02-02T21:59:28Z")

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There are many a time when we have categories like “all states of a country” or languages. Where a person who only speaks English won’t be interested much in other languages. And a person will only be interested in quest…

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## [Can we modify Created by using REST API for multiple post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-modify-created-by-using-rest-api-for-multiple-post/108131)

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**Author:** [@avik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/avik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-modify-created-by-using-rest-api-for-multiple-post/108131 "2019-02-01T15:18:12Z")

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I want to create posts with different user using API. in other words : i need to migrate post from other portal to Discource environment . By using Rest API i am able to create posts but the user who created is api\_us…

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## [Making a difference between public topic and private message on API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-difference-between-public-topic-and-private-message-on-api/108119)

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**Author:** [@TheChachara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheChachara)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 12:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/making-a-difference-between-public-topic-and-private-message-on-api/108119 "2019-02-01T12:30:50Z")

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Hi y’all. I’ve created a very tiny bot for our discourse installation which fires upon a webhook. I’ve also connected the bot to Twitter, so every time anybody creates a new topic, a tweet is posted on our Twitter acco…

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## [Follow tags instead of users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-tags-instead-of-users/107895)

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**Author:** [@meetdilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meetdilip)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2019, 7:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/follow-tags-instead-of-users/107895 "2019-02-01T07:04:30Z")

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I have seen some blogs list all topics when we click a tag. Wouldn’t it be nice if Discourse has it too? Something like I can follow one or more tags and I get a feed based on it.

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## [Moving posts: when only option is "existing topic", autofocus input field](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-when-only-option-is-existing-topic-autofocus-input-field/107878)

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**Author:** [@barryvan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barryvan)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2019, 5:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moving-posts-when-only-option-is-existing-topic-autofocus-input-field/107878 "2019-01-31T05:55:55Z")

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When you’re moving posts, and the only option is to move it to an existing topic (for example, when you’re moving the only post in a topic), it would be great if the search input was focussed by default: This is quit…

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## [Sending rejected users an email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-rejected-users-an-email/107923)

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**Author:** [@Kyle\_Risi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Risi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2019, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-rejected-users-an-email/107923 "2019-01-30T13:48:45Z")

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I was wondering if there was a way to auto send a rejected user an email if a staff member decides not to approve a user when signing up to our community. We typically ask users to submit an account reference in a custo…

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## [Form submission plugin?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/form-submission-plugin/80634)

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**Author:** [@Bri\_Castellini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bri_Castellini)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/form-submission-plugin/80634 "2023-10-16T19:22:23Z")

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I’m looking for some sort of plugin that turns the comments on a particular thread (or perhaps in a particular category if that’s better) into a form submit, so users have to submit only in pre-made fields. Essentially, …

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## [Discourse Hub in Spanish](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hub-in-spanish/107735)

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**Author:** [@anon62249317](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon62249317)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hub-in-spanish/107735 "2019-01-29T09:31:47Z")

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Hello guys, do you plan to release the Discourse Hub app in other languages? Like Spanish? It would be great if you guys do so, there are so few things that you need to translate for the app.

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## [Sort tagged topics by creation (or tagging) date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-tagged-topics-by-creation-or-tagging-date/89964)

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**Author:** [@ChameleonScales](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChameleonScales)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-tagged-topics-by-creation-or-tagging-date/89964 "2019-01-27T12:35:14Z")

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You can order topics within a category by creation date with ?order=created but you can’t do that with tags. The only workaround is to use the search feature but this feature has limitations. For instance it doesn’t sho…

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## [Topics with 10k+ replies remove date from timeline](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-10k-replies-remove-date-from-timeline/107566)

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**Author:** [@Ashe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ashe)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 11:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topics-with-10k-replies-remove-date-from-timeline/107566 "2019-01-25T23:42:34Z")

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I noticed a small bug. When the posts per topic is raised above the default 10k, the date is still missing from the currently viewed post part of the scrollbar on threads that have posts exceeding 10k, as can be seen in …

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## [Who has visited your topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-has-visited-your-topic/107287)

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**Author:** [@Pad\_Pors](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pad_Pors)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 8:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-has-visited-your-topic/107287 "2019-01-25T08:46:45Z")

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it’s really not that important who has visited your topics, but it’d definitely engage inexpert people to write better and more structured topics if they know that best people of the forum has visited their topic, trying…

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## [Plugin Idea: periodic email-digest, summarizing activity in all tracked categories, tags, and threads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-periodic-email-digest-summarizing-activity-in-all-tracked-categories-tags-and-threads/107442)

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**Author:** [@Curtis\_Kephart](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Curtis_Kephart)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-periodic-email-digest-summarizing-activity-in-all-tracked-categories-tags-and-threads/107442 "2019-01-25T06:09:15Z")

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Ahoy all, curious if you might offer feedback on the following. Perhaps you have a good solution to this problem already? If the idea has traction, I’d love feedback and may support an open source plugin. I am involved…

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## [API 500 response: removing member from group](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-500-response-removing-member-from-group/105856)

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**Author:** [@vvanpo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vvanpo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 1:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-500-response-removing-member-from-group/105856 "2019-01-25T01:10:03Z")

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I’m getting a 500 response from the /groups/{group\_id}/members.json endpoint: Message NoMethodError (undefined method \`split' for 862:Integer) /var/www/discourse/app/controllers/groups\_controller.rb:496:in \`users\_from\_p…

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## [Doesn’t show user card when clicking on replies such as close](https://meta.discourse.org/t/doesn-t-show-user-card-when-clicking-on-replies-such-as-close/106247)

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**Author:** [@Chaboi\_3000](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chaboi_3000)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 9:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/doesn-t-show-user-card-when-clicking-on-replies-such-as-close/106247 "2019-01-24T09:13:34Z")

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When a user closes a topic and you click on the their picture it doesn’t show the user card and just redirects to the profile page

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## [Suggested topics list is "old" when visiting as guest?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-topics-list-is-old-when-visiting-as-guest/107023)

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**Author:** [@torstensson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/torstensson)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/suggested-topics-list-is-old-when-visiting-as-guest/107023 "2019-01-23T12:53:14Z")

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Hi, I have recently noticed that the suggested topic list at the end of a topic behaves quite differently depending on if the user is logged in or visiting as guest: 1. Suggested topics when logged in shows a set of…

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## [Content of incoming emails shouldn't be deleted when the "Mailing list mirror" setting is enabled](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-of-incoming-emails-shouldnt-be-deleted-when-the-mailing-list-mirror-setting-is-enabled/107280)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-of-incoming-emails-shouldnt-be-deleted-when-the-mailing-list-mirror-setting-is-enabled/107280 "2019-01-23T12:33:34Z")

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Currently incoming emails go through a process to delete signatures, entire replies quoted, and basically any noise not part of the actual new message. While this is working well for the Reply Via Email use cases, for th…

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## [Change to the badge editing UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-to-the-badge-editing-ui/103118)

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**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 23, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-to-the-badge-editing-ui/103118 "2019-01-23T10:51:05Z")

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Editing lots badges is currently arduous and frustrating because the input fields remain up the top while you have to scroll down to select badges. Turning off all the default badges takes a very long time for this reaso…

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## [Assign topics without adjusting the tracking setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-topics-without-adjusting-the-tracking-setting/107119)

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**Author:** [@Mariane](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mariane)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-topics-without-adjusting-the-tracking-setting/107119 "2019-01-22T18:46:22Z")

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Hello, Hope you can help us :slight\_smile: We are currently using the Assign Plugin for our forum topics. It is our way of transferring the responsibility of replying to Staff users. At the moment, when I assign a topi…

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## [BlogRoll (Blog List)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogroll-blog-list/107174)

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**Author:** [@leopedrini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leopedrini)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blogroll-blog-list/107174 "2019-01-22T18:40:02Z")

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Hello, Does discourse have some feature similar to Blogroll? https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-blogroll-3476580

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## [Pin a topic within a tag](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-topic-within-a-tag/107020)

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**Author:** [@Tommy\_Trojan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tommy_Trojan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-a-topic-within-a-tag/107020 "2019-01-22T12:05:51Z")

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Would it be good if a topic can be pinned within a tag? Sometimes an tag definition is needed, like the current category definition. I’d appreciate your feedback on this. Thanks.

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## [Vacation autoresponder for users who are away?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vacation-autoresponder-for-users-who-are-away/107044)

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**Author:** [@adopilot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adopilot)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 6:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/vacation-autoresponder-for-users-who-are-away/107044 "2019-01-22T06:35:46Z")

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First apologies if this discussed before. We have need some time for users to set up auto response. For our users during vocation or longer missing from job we setting up auto response on email server. So when someone …

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## [Better Discourse Lightbox](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-discourse-lightbox/106993)

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**Author:** [@rootsh3ll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rootsh3ll)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/better-discourse-lightbox/106993 "2019-01-20T03:34:54Z")

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I was trying to hack the discourse lightbox using fluidbox that medium.com / imgur.com uses as their lightboxed images. I think the fluidbox experience is much better because it’s Intuitive …

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## [Possible to send whispers to Slack?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-send-whispers-to-slack/106957)

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**Author:** [@cori](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cori)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-send-whispers-to-slack/106957 "2019-01-19T14:07:17Z")

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We send all activity from our Discourse site into a private channel in our Slack workspace. Internal discussions about some topics range between whispers in Discourse and messages in Slack and it would be nice to be able…

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