# Feature

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## [Why 10m interval for Akismet's Jobs::CheckForSpamPosts?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-10m-interval-for-akismets-jobs-checkforspamposts/40396)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Respuestas:** 6\
**Última actualización:** [1 Marzo, 2016 20:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-10m-interval-for-akismets-jobs-checkforspamposts/40396 "2016-03-01T20:32:38Z")

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It looks like the default polling period for the Jobs::CheckForSpamPosts scheduled task (which checks new posts for spam) is every 10 minutes. Is there a reason for that? Is there any reason it couldn’t be more frequen…

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## ["Cool Down" Feature for Mods!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583)

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**Author:** [@BBJMAX](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BBJMAX)\
**Respuestas:** 23\
**Última actualización:** [1 Marzo, 2016 08:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cool-down-feature-for-mods/31583 "2016-03-01T08:03:09Z")

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Hi! I was wondering if maybe moderators could have a “calm down time” sort of feature to use. Not banning or suspending users, and therefore not affecting them in the future. Just not letting them post like flag e,t,c f…

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## [Show badges on topics that earn them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-badges-on-topics-that-earn-them/40296)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Respuestas:** 3\
**Última actualización:** [29 Febrero, 2016 15:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-badges-on-topics-that-earn-them/40296 "2016-02-29T15:18:00Z")

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In my quest to make Discourse a first rate learning platform, I use badges to let learners know that they have submitted something and to show that they have successfully completed the challenge. It would be cool if a to…

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## [Two new plugin outlets - user\_activity\_bottom and user\_menu\_glyphs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-new-plugin-outlets-user-activity-bottom-and-user-menu-glyphs/40227)

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**Author:** [@joebuhlig](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joebuhlig)\
**Respuestas:** 20\
**Última actualización:** [28 Febrero, 2016 10:46 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-new-plugin-outlets-user-activity-bottom-and-user-menu-glyphs/40227 "2016-02-28T10:46:38Z")

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In the midst of working on the voting plugin, I had an idea for a way to show users the topics they’ve voted on. To keep with the current UX, I’d like to add another feed at the bottom of the user activity menu. This wou…

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## [OAuth-based login: Disable account merging](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth-based-login-disable-account-merging/40262)

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**Author:** [@RalfJung](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RalfJung)\
**Respuestas:** 5\
**Última actualización:** [27 Febrero, 2016 14:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/oauth-based-login-disable-account-merging/40262 "2016-02-27T14:41:41Z")

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I’d like to make a feature request: It would be great if it was possible to disable the automatic merging of accounts when logging in with OAuth that happens right now. Concretely, if I create a local account, and then l…

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## [Alert users of earlier dupe links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-users-of-earlier-dupe-links/40252)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Respuestas:** 1\
**Última actualización:** [27 Febrero, 2016 07:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alert-users-of-earlier-dupe-links/40252 "2016-02-27T07:54:40Z")

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I think a very cool use of the “big blue area superimposed over preview” :tm: would be alerting users that the exact same link appears elsewhere in the topic. For example: Say I am in a long topic … and in post #5 some…

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## [Make composer include two newlines after a pasted quote](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-composer-include-two-newlines-after-a-pasted-quote/39858)

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**Author:** [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [26 Febrero, 2016 20:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-composer-include-two-newlines-after-a-pasted-quote/39858 "2016-02-26T20:28:32Z")

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When one selects text and clicks “quote reply”, it leaves the cursor right after the closing bracket. This is highly annoying when selecting a bunch of pieces of text to reply to (as one is encouraged to by the awesome “…

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## [Split a post in two](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-a-post-in-two/40156)

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**Author:** [@MiguelAngelLV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MiguelAngelLV)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [26 Febrero, 2016 07:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-a-post-in-two/40156 "2016-02-26T07:15:53Z")

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Any way of split a post / reply in two? Sometimes, I need divide the first post in two for become the first post in wiki and hold the content of the first post as reply of this. My actual “solution” is make a new threa…

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## [Hashtags for categories ...and not tags?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hashtags-for-categories-and-not-tags/40126)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Respuestas:** 12\
**Última actualización:** [25 Febrero, 2016 10:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hashtags-for-categories-and-not-tags/40126 "2016-02-25T10:18:14Z")

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Has this only just been added? :blush: When typing a post and adding a hashtag a list of categories come up, which when clicked on get inserted as a link. I think it’s great to add short cuts like this, but categories …

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## ["Disable Markdown" Button?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-markdown-button/40068)

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**Author:** [@anon58331930](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon58331930)\
**Respuestas:** 3\
**Última actualización:** [24 Febrero, 2016 20:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disable-markdown-button/40068 "2016-02-24T20:52:15Z")

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Is it possible to include a button that allows you to disable Markdown? It would be useful for using the two asterisks without italicizing.

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## [Img class and Group name length](https://meta.discourse.org/t/img-class-and-group-name-length/40109)

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**Author:** [@ccdw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ccdw)\
**Respuestas:** 0\
**Última actualización:** [24 Febrero, 2016 19:07 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/img-class-and-group-name-length/40109 "2016-02-24T19:07:05Z")

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Hi, I’d like to request a couple of small changes to the standard install. Could we possibly whitelist the class attribute for the image tag? This would allow float to be added. I can currently target images with CSS …

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## [Invite link should not auto-accept invitation if user is already logged in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-link-should-not-auto-accept-invitation-if-user-is-already-logged-in/39529)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Respuestas:** 4\
**Última actualización:** [23 Febrero, 2016 16:27 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/invite-link-should-not-auto-accept-invitation-if-user-is-already-logged-in/39529 "2016-02-23T16:27:03Z")

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I’ve been using the Copy Invite Link features for invites primarily because I find it a lot more natural to personally craft a message to people who I am inviting to a topic (especially people who are not yet users). Re…

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## [Preview wide images in Editor Preview](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preview-wide-images-in-editor-preview/40023)

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**Author:** [@Remah](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Remah)\
**Respuestas:** 4\
**Última actualización:** [23 Febrero, 2016 02:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preview-wide-images-in-editor-preview/40023 "2016-02-23T02:31:53Z")

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Wide images are resized to the width of the column so there is a feature to display them at their original size by hovering over the image and clicking on it. The screenshot below shows what I see I hover over an image: …

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## [Pastebin onebox?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pastebin-onebox/29867)

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**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Respuestas:** 18\
**Última actualización:** [22 Febrero, 2016 16:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pastebin-onebox/29867 "2016-02-22T16:28:44Z")

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Is anyone thinking about or working on a onebox for Pastebin? The Gist onebox is pretty good but it seems many more of our people (and here too, I think) are going with pastebin instead.

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## [Email allegedly sent without SMTP settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-allegedly-sent-without-smtp-settings/39921)

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**Author:** [@dandv](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dandv)\
**Respuestas:** 5\
**Última actualización:** [21 Febrero, 2016 21:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-allegedly-sent-without-smtp-settings/39921 "2016-02-21T21:58:13Z")

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I’ve just spawned a new instance of Discourse and didn’t have valid settings for DISCOURSE\_SMTP\_\*. However, signing up the admin user allegedly worked: (of course, no email had been sent) Same problem with re-sendi…

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## [Hide post plus PM action should open pre-filled composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-post-plus-pm-action-should-open-pre-filled-composer/36326)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Respuestas:** 15\
**Última actualización:** [21 Febrero, 2016 21:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-post-plus-pm-action-should-open-pre-filled-composer/36326 "2016-02-21T21:02:43Z")

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I just acted on a flag with the “Hide post + PM user” action. I think this was the first time I did it, and I wasn’t expecting it to just send a automated PM for me. Every other “send a PM” action in Discourse triggers a…

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## [Send email digest to site admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-email-digest-to-site-admins/39936)

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**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [21 Febrero, 2016 19:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/send-email-digest-to-site-admins/39936 "2016-02-21T19:50:12Z")

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The administrators of a site are unlikely to see their own email digest as it appears in an actual email client. The problem with this is that email clients are very inconsistent in the way they render an email. Either t…

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## [Sticky category selection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sticky-category-selection/39933)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Respuestas:** 0\
**Última actualización:** [21 Febrero, 2016 18:02 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sticky-category-selection/39933 "2016-02-21T18:02:19Z")

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Should the category-selector stick to its current category selection when you move between “Latest” “New”, “Unread” and “Top”? I maintain that this would make for a more consistent browsing experience. How it currently …

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## [Group Semantics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-semantics/39913)

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**Author:** [@Talin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Talin)\
**Respuestas:** 7\
**Última actualización:** [21 Febrero, 2016 17:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-semantics/39913 "2016-02-21T17:13:42Z")

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I’m having a hard time mapping the semantics of groups and categories to the more community-based model of organization that we use in our system. Background: our intent is to use Discourse as one component in a larger …

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## [Ability to Hide Poll Results](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-hide-poll-results/39900)

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**Author:** [@Carson1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Carson1)\
**Respuestas:** 4\
**Última actualización:** [20 Febrero, 2016 18:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-hide-poll-results/39900 "2016-02-20T18:26:11Z")

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Our community would like to host a competition where users would vote for winners using a poll. However, you can just click “Show results” and you can see who’s winning, this might influence your decision. So is there a …

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## [Unlisted topics are included in the Tag (topic) count for normal users who don't actually see those topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-are-included-in-the-tag-topic-count-for-normal-users-who-dont-actually-see-those-topics/39897)

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**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\
**Respuestas:** 5\
**Última actualización:** [20 Febrero, 2016 17:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unlisted-topics-are-included-in-the-tag-topic-count-for-normal-users-who-dont-actually-see-those-topics/39897 "2016-02-20T17:22:29Z")

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Tags used in private staff categories don’t appear in the counts on the public tags page to non-staff users, which makes sense. So a tag only used in a staff category doesn’t appear on that page at all. However, a tag …

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## [Digests: filter out or combine with next para salutations or short lines in posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digests-filter-out-or-combine-with-next-para-salutations-or-short-lines-in-posts/39859)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Respuestas:** 0\
**Última actualización:** [19 Febrero, 2016 17:41 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digests-filter-out-or-combine-with-next-para-salutations-or-short-lines-in-posts/39859 "2016-02-19T17:41:05Z")

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See screenshot. In my community, members often like to use salutations like “dear friends” at the start of their posts. This looks clumsy and takes up valuable space in digests. Suggest filtering these out or simply comb…

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## [Full page search does not search users or categories like on-page search does](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-does-not-search-users-or-categories-like-on-page-search-does/34848)

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**Author:** [@alefattorini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alefattorini)\
**Respuestas:** 10\
**Última actualización:** [19 Febrero, 2016 07:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-does-not-search-users-or-categories-like-on-page-search-does/34848 "2016-02-19T07:30:41Z")

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It’s impossibile to search a user with the new full search on mobile, you can scroll down for a while with any results. Otherwise with the old search box, after 3/4 results users are suggested.

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## [Option to force email context](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-force-email-context/22401)

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**Author:** [@lake54](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lake54)\
**Respuestas:** 3\
**Última actualización:** [19 Febrero, 2016 04:47 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-force-email-context/22401 "2016-02-19T04:47:50Z")

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Some users on our forum would like the option to force an amount of context in the notification emails. I suggest this is implemented as a user-configurable option with a site default (shipped as 0). The current situat…

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## [Sending users unique messages, or populating private custom fields](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-users-unique-messages-or-populating-private-custom-fields/33770)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Respuestas:** 5\
**Última actualización:** [18 Febrero, 2016 10:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sending-users-unique-messages-or-populating-private-custom-fields/33770 "2016-02-18T10:32:02Z")

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We’re looking for a method to send keys to our users, ideally via Discourse. At the moment we receive anything from 10 to 10,000 keys, which we give away to our readers either first-come-first-served or at random. In th…

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## [Triple back-tick button in the editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triple-back-tick-button-in-the-editor/27310)

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**Author:** [@jayfella](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jayfella)\
**Respuestas:** 7\
**Última actualización:** [18 Febrero, 2016 01:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/triple-back-tick-button-in-the-editor/27310 "2016-02-18T01:18:56Z")

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Would it be possible at all to add a button to the editor for users to post code (three back-ticks)? Our website at jmonkeyengine.org relies heavily on users posting code to help with their issues, and it’s become someth…

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## [Pressing Ctrl+F twice on topic search should close the Discourse search window](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pressing-ctrl-f-twice-on-topic-search-should-close-the-discourse-search-window/19649)

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**Author:** [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Respuestas:** 19\
**Última actualización:** [18 Febrero, 2016 00:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pressing-ctrl-f-twice-on-topic-search-should-close-the-discourse-search-window/19649 "2016-02-18T00:35:09Z")

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I sometimes want to use the browser search window within topics since the Discourse search function jumps only to posts and not the exact position of the search term. Pressing Ctrl+F works quite well. However, the Disco…

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## [Count new private messages instead of the total number](https://meta.discourse.org/t/count-new-private-messages-instead-of-the-total-number/39729)

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**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Respuestas:** 4\
**Última actualización:** [17 Febrero, 2016 23:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/count-new-private-messages-instead-of-the-total-number/39729 "2016-02-17T23:42:42Z")

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Now that we can send mail to groups, I noticed that every time a new message appears, I get a notice. That’s good. But the notice counts the total number of messages, in stead of just the new ones. I’d rather have it …

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## ["Following" posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/following-posts/39717)

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**Author:** [@jesselperry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jesselperry)\
**Respuestas:** 3\
**Última actualización:** [17 Febrero, 2016 08:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/following-posts/39717 "2016-02-17T08:55:33Z")

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I’ve been seeing this phenomenon recently on Facebook and I’ve seen it a number of times (by the same people) on my Discourse installation. That is - someone commenting with just a post of: Following That’s all. The i…

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## [HTML mode with email integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-mode-with-email-integration/39685)

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**Author:** [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)\
**Respuestas:** 2\
**Última actualización:** [16 Febrero, 2016 21:56 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-mode-with-email-integration/39685 "2016-02-16T21:56:50Z")

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