# Feature

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## [Remove content from page when scrolling](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-content-from-page-when-scrolling/25201)

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**Author:** [@Maestra\_Powers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maestra_Powers)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/remove-content-from-page-when-scrolling/25201 "2015-02-13T20:48:30Z")

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When topic is very long and you scroll and scroll, your browser can start to lagg because of amount of content on page. Imagine if this topic about cat videos and there’s several cat videos in each post. So there’s can b…

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## [Pin categories like topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-categories-like-topics/25163)

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**Author:** [@Maestra\_Powers](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maestra_Powers)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 10:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pin-categories-like-topics/25163 "2015-02-13T10:20:35Z")

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I like that categories sorts by recent activity so far, but It would be nicer if I also could pin some of categories on top like you can do with topics. There’s gonna be a lot of categories on my forum, 50 at least (didn…

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## [Traffic Sources links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/traffic-sources-links/24285)

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**Author:** [@giraffesyo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/giraffesyo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/traffic-sources-links/24285 "2015-02-13T09:08:38Z")

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Is there a way to view the full links of the websites that are linking to yours? I’d like to see the page that my link is on.

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## [Idea: Pushbullet Integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-pushbullet-integration/24608)

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**Author:** [@Moter8](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moter8)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2015, 6:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/idea-pushbullet-integration/24608 "2015-02-13T06:22:07Z")

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People could plug in their API keys into their profile/settings and get notifications/pushes when they got a reply, etc. I think this shouldn’t be too hard for someone to hack together :smiley:

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## [How to encrypt the email addresses for compliance with privacy and PII laws?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-encrypt-the-email-addresses-for-compliance-with-privacy-and-pii-laws/25122)

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**Author:** [@nileshtrivedi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nileshtrivedi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-encrypt-the-email-addresses-for-compliance-with-privacy-and-pii-laws/25122 "2015-02-12T21:54:22Z")

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We are a financial organization and are required to comply with privacy laws of various countries that asks us to encrypt all “Personally Identifiable Information”. Email address falls into that category so we want to ha…

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## [Latest messages feed](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-messages-feed/25115)

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**Author:** [@blau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blau)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2015, 7:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-messages-feed/25115 "2015-02-12T07:35:36Z")

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Is there in Discourse a latest messages RSS feed, so that I can display it in a widget on my wordpress site? www.example.com/latest.rss displays the latest topics, not the response messages.

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## [Sibling categories instead of parent child?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sibling-categories-instead-of-parent-child/17312)

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**Author:** [@Eedan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eedan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sibling-categories-instead-of-parent-child/17312 "2015-02-11T20:28:59Z")

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Hi I’ve been looking for a mainly category-less forum, something that depends more on filtering to keep it’s stuff organized. Discourse is the closest thing I’ve found, but not quite. Reading through the posts I’ve rea…

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## [Hidden restrictions: Poll can't be changed after the fact](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-restrictions-poll-cant-be-changed-after-the-fact/25018)

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**Author:** [@pakl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pakl)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hidden-restrictions-poll-cant-be-changed-after-the-fact/25018 "2015-02-11T07:55:03Z")

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Since the poll feature only allows a single poll per topic, I just had to create one larger poll. I created it, edited the topic (which by the way refreshes the topic without the poll visible) and after a while I grew my…

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## [Can't search blocked IPs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-search-blocked-ips/24816)

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**Author:** [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-search-blocked-ips/24816 "2015-02-10T18:44:16Z")

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Okay, so here is the scenario: Abusive member or spammer (doesn’t matter) posts. Use Spam flag and Ban their IP/Email. Member concedes to Admin and apologizes so we are told to give him a second chance Go to Admin \> Sc…

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## [The system should warn you if you @mention someone who wouldn't be able to see it](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-system-should-warn-you-if-you-mention-someone-who-wouldnt-be-able-to-see-it/21759)

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**Author:** [@joshfrank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshfrank)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-system-should-warn-you-if-you-mention-someone-who-wouldnt-be-able-to-see-it/21759 "2015-02-10T14:59:35Z")

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On my site, we had a moderator who had inadvertently not been granted moderation rights. So people were @mention’ing him on posts in the Staff category, but he couldn’t see those posts. I’m not sure if he was notified by…

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## [Ban symbol next to suspended usernames](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-symbol-next-to-suspended-usernames/25045)

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**Author:** [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ban-symbol-next-to-suspended-usernames/25045 "2015-02-10T00:22:38Z")

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I suspended a user today and one of my mods pointed out that it wasn’t so obvious the user had been suspended. I was thinking that like how moderators get the shield next to their username, maybe suspended users should g…

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## [PM-User to Invite to Convo or Continue in PM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-user-to-invite-to-convo-or-continue-in-pm/24985)

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**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-user-to-invite-to-convo-or-continue-in-pm/24985 "2015-02-09T05:05:19Z")

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In relation to this topic here and this one as well, I suggest mirroring ‘PM User’ from the flag button to a link under “Reply as linked Topic”. Putting that feature under the flag button is not intuitive because ‘flag’…

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## [Keybind or Button-click to Minimize (but not remove) Composer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keybind-or-button-click-to-minimize-but-not-remove-composer/24983)

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**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keybind-or-button-click-to-minimize-but-not-remove-composer/24983 "2015-02-09T04:00:24Z")

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Been noticing while I use the composer that sometimes I need to see more of the viewport to aid in making my post. I tend to browse: gather links and text. When I do that, I have to click and hold the composer’s top ed…

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## [Account for Tracked & not just Watched topics (Something between 'muted' and 'tracked' for categories)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/account-for-tracked-not-just-watched-topics-something-between-muted-and-tracked-for-categories/24929)

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**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/account-for-tracked-not-just-watched-topics-something-between-muted-and-tracked-for-categories/24929 "2015-02-06T23:15:50Z")

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(In relation to my recent situation in trying to fine-tune the suggested topics list.) I wanted to suggest the idea of accounting for tracked topics and not just watched topics when it comes to muting entire categories …

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## [Have Option to not auto-track topics I reply in (but not start)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-option-to-not-auto-track-topics-i-reply-in-but-not-start/24843)

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**Author:** [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-option-to-not-auto-track-topics-i-reply-in-but-not-start/24843 "2015-02-05T13:20:06Z")

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Seems my opening post’s text was cut when I made the topic. Please refer to the topic’s title then.

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## [Meetup oneboxes (support for hidden oEmbed)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meetup-oneboxes-support-for-hidden-oembed/24780)

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**Author:** [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2015, 9:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meetup-oneboxes-support-for-hidden-oembed/24780 "2015-02-04T09:51:44Z")

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It turns out some sites like Meetup.com support oEmbed but don’t link to it using HTML. I’ve upgraded our onebox engine to support providing endpoints for URLs that are not advertised, and now our meetup embed looks a wh…

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## [Emoji selector and custom Emoji](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-selector-and-custom-emoji/22725)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/emoji-selector-and-custom-emoji/22725 "2015-02-02T21:52:51Z")

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This is a Discourse 1.2 feature. Phase 1: select emoji style In the admin, site settings, offer a choice of emoji sets Choices are: Apple/International, Google, Twitter, Emoji One and None. Does not need to be pre…

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## [Is TL4 "Make Wiki" Delay intentional?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-tl4-make-wiki-delay-intentional/24726)

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**Author:** [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-tl4-make-wiki-delay-intentional/24726 "2015-02-02T21:34:43Z")

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It seems that TL4 users are unable to convert a post into a wiki until that post is at least 5 minutes old. Based on feedback from the admin at my primary forum (@PJH) there does not appear to be any settings to change t…

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## [Ctrl-k Hijacking in Editor](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-k-hijacking-in-editor/24636)

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**Author:** [@febuiles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/febuiles)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ctrl-k-hijacking-in-editor/24636 "2015-02-01T05:05:00Z")

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Ctrl-k is a combination commonly used in UNIX systems (including OS X) for killing text (basically delete + cut). You can learn more about it here or just do a search for “kill yank unix”. Right now the text editor hijac…

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## [Please add strikethrough and underline support in Markdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-add-strikethrough-and-underline-support-in-markdown/22843)

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**Author:** [@rahim123](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahim123)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/please-add-strikethrough-and-underline-support-in-markdown/22843 "2023-08-29T11:10:26Z")

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Hello, Github Markdown has strikethrough support like this: ~~deleted text~~ This would be extremely useful on my site. Additionally, it is sometimes useful to strikethrough an entire paragraph. Maybe it could be impl…

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## [TL Grace Period After Requirement Change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl-grace-period-after-requirement-change/24493)

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**Author:** [@anon25879736](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon25879736)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 28, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl-grace-period-after-requirement-change/24493 "2015-01-28T20:06:19Z")

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I know it’s been a while, but there is one user on my “home” forum who still occasionally complains about how he lost TL3 back when Likes were added to the list of requirements for that level. During the most recent conv…

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## [The "Dismiss" buttons should be at the top on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-dismiss-buttons-should-be-at-the-top-on-mobile/24367)

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**Author:** [@FHTzoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FHTzoob)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-dismiss-buttons-should-be-at-the-top-on-mobile/24367 "2015-01-27T17:51:08Z")

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So I noticed that when you go into your unread tab, the “Dismiss Posts” and “Dismiss Topics” buttons are at the bottom of your unread page. Although this is ok when your unread tab consists of just a few threads, but ear…

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## [Github boxes should be truncated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-boxes-should-be-truncated/22396)

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**Author:** [@rumpelsepp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rumpelsepp)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 9:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/github-boxes-should-be-truncated/22396 "2015-01-27T09:42:24Z")

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I think the text in the github boxes should be truncated. It does not look beautiful when linking to a commit with a long description, see this example: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/45eaf45dfa4850df16bc2e8e7…

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## [Automatically map email domains to groups / permission sets?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-map-email-domains-to-groups-permission-sets/23624)

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**Author:** [@joshsiegel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joshsiegel)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatically-map-email-domains-to-groups-permission-sets/23624 "2015-01-27T09:39:31Z")

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We are getting started with Discourse at Looker and we plan to use the same forum for employee-only posts as we do for the general public. Until now I’ve been making every Looker employee who signs up a moderator or admi…

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## [Bookmark a topic from a topic list page (eg Latest)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-a-topic-from-a-topic-list-page-eg-latest/24033)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-a-topic-from-a-topic-list-page-eg-latest/24033 "2015-01-27T03:24:52Z")

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Is it possible to have a “'bookmarks” top level menu? also, before starring got removed I could star something from the overview, can I somehow do the same for bookmarks?

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## [Make old browsers (e.g. Opera Mobile Classic) use the "noscript version" of Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-old-browsers-e-g-opera-mobile-classic-use-the-noscript-version-of-discourse/20716)

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**Author:** [@anonymous234](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anonymous234)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-old-browsers-e-g-opera-mobile-classic-use-the-noscript-version-of-discourse/20716 "2015-01-27T03:21:28Z")

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I don’t know if this is an existing feature or not, but it would be nice if older browsers that support Javascript but aren’t really usable with Discourse could just see the same static content that you see with Javascri…

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## [Category-specific New and Unread counts should be present](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-new-and-unread-counts-should-be-present/24246)

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**Author:** [@lisajill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lisajill)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-specific-new-and-unread-counts-should-be-present/24246 "2015-01-27T03:16:16Z")

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We have noticed a bug on our installation (discuss.newrelic.com) where the New and Unread links at the top of the page do not appear to be context sensitive. This isn’t what we’d expect to see. For instance, at root we …

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## [No Notification for removed post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-notification-for-removed-post/24464)

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**Author:** [@strager](https://meta.discourse.org/u/strager)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/no-notification-for-removed-post/24464 "2015-01-26T21:50:46Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Did my tutorial get deleted: Shouldn’t the OP receive a notification when their post is removed or updated by an admin?

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## [Grabbing Facebook reactions as posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grabbing-facebook-reactions-as-posts/24421)

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**Author:** [@rodrigofarcas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rodrigofarcas)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grabbing-facebook-reactions-as-posts/24421 "2015-01-26T15:03:56Z")

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Usually there is an issue when we share a link a topic on social networks: people comment to the topic on the network itself, instead of going to the forum and doing a proper forum-reply. Time ago, using a different for…

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## [Embed with just link to the Topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-with-just-link-to-the-topic/24409)

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**Author:** [@cpytel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpytel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embed-with-just-link-to-the-topic/24409 "2015-01-26T01:46:29Z")

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We’re successfully embedding the forum topics at the bottom of our pages, but on some of our pages we don’t want to include all of the comments and would prefer to just have a link to go directly to the Topic on Discours…

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