# Hot

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## [How do I find a person on Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/como-encuentro-a-una-persona-en-discourse/362330)

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**Author:** [@Rafalex1788](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rafalex1788)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/como-encuentro-a-una-persona-en-discourse/362330 "2025-04-18T15:53:59Z")

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I’m new to Discourse and want to search for users. The magnifying glass in the top right corner doesn’t let me search for users.

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## [Why is the layout different on mobile?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-the-layout-different-on-mobile/324288)

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**Author:** [@nwnuyhs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nwnuyhs)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-the-layout-different-on-mobile/324288 "2024-08-31T09:46:29Z")

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This is F12 mobile layout: This is in mobile layout,can anyone tell me why the two layouts are not same?

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## [Have the upcoming-events block respect the subcategory filter when in Category lists](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-the-upcoming-events-block-respect-the-subcategory-filter-when-in-category-lists/407540)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/have-the-upcoming-events-block-respect-the-subcategory-filter-when-in-category-lists/407540 "2026-07-15T14:59:58Z")

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When the upcoming-events block is displayed in a Category list, it doesn’t respect the subcategory filter. It can be configured via a parameter in the TC (per site) to either display all subcategories or none (i.e. bool…

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## [The road to stable, then permanent, for granular\_anonymous\_and\_logged\_in\_groups\_permissions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-stable-then-permanent-for-granular-anonymous-and-logged-in-groups-permissions/410178)

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**Author:** [@martin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/martin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-road-to-stable-then-permanent-for-granular-anonymous-and-logged-in-groups-permissions/410178 "2026-08-17T05:43:36Z")

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This is a companion topic to Granular group-based permissions for anonymous and logged in users , and is a WIP. There are still a few places in various codebases for core, plugins, and themes that directly reference ev…

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## [Private server trust levels](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-server-trust-levels/358608)

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**Author:** [@wbadmin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wbadmin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-server-trust-levels/358608 "2025-03-28T18:20:23Z")

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We have setup a private server for our company, and the only people who can log into the system are employees. I am wondering if there is a good guide when it comes to setting/customizing default trust levels for new use…

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## [Link Image Not Working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-image-not-working/352191)

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**Author:** [@YJ\_Lim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/YJ_Lim)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2025, 7:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/link-image-not-working/352191 "2025-02-18T19:05:22Z")

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Hello! I’m having issues producing an image when trying to post the link on Twitter and Linkedin. I end up getting these images instead. We have it set up with our logo in the metadata, but it isn’t showing up. How do I…

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## [Category badge missing on group permission and user summary page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badge-missing-on-group-permission-and-user-summary-page/365301)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-badge-missing-on-group-permission-and-user-summary-page/365301 "2025-08-04T20:09:07Z")

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This is kind of the opposite of Category names missing on group permissions page and Top topics text missing. Now the name is shown but the icon is missing. https://meta.discourse.org/g/team/permissions https://…

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## [Updating / Rebuilding Docker Container results in v3.5.2 instead of v2025.11.0](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-rebuilding-docker-container-results-in-v3-5-2-instead-of-v2025-11-0/390293)

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**Author:** [@mrimann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mrimann)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/updating-rebuilding-docker-container-results-in-v3-5-2-instead-of-v2025-11-0/390293 "2025-12-04T08:18:39Z")

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We updated an existing Discourse setup like we did several times before: After pulling the current revision of the discourse\_docker repo we run the following command: ./launcher rebuild app It runs through without an e…

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## [Current Projects - September 2025](https://meta.discourse.org/t/current-projects-september-2025/384033)

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**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/current-projects-september-2025/384033 "2026-03-19T12:41:33Z")

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Current Projects - September 2025 Welcome to Current Projects, a monthly newsletter about what we’re currently working on at Discourse. With our recent annual meetup in Prague, this was a slightly quieter month than usu…

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## [Sharing AI conversation as detail block is missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-ai-conversation-as-detail-block-is-missing/330070)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sharing-ai-conversation-as-detail-block-is-missing/330070 "2024-10-16T16:32:41Z")

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I upgraded Discourse today and now I’m missing the sharing button for PM conversations that use \[details\]. :anxious\_face\_with\_sweat: Sure, that link thingy is there, but it is mostly an unfriendly way to share a conversa…

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## [I want to develop a plugin, are there the latest guides on developing plugins here?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/391136)

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**Author:** [@singi2016cn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/singi2016cn)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic/391136 "2025-12-15T01:48:28Z")

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I want to develop a plugin. Are there the latest guides on plugin development here? The current development guide's plugin section is too old, and much of it is outdated. It's very misleading for beginners.

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## [May 2026 monthly release](https://meta.discourse.org/t/may-2026-monthly-release/403981)

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**Author:** [@loic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/loic)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/may-2026-monthly-release/403981 "2026-05-28T09:14:52Z")

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For more information on all the changes released in 2026.5, check out:

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## [Starter VPS](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starter-vps/292075)

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**Author:** [@AntonioJrM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AntonioJrM)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/starter-vps/292075 "2024-01-22T19:04:33Z")

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Hello, i want to start my community for my blog. I have a shared hosting, but Discourse need a VPS. Is this good? Configuratore VPS | OVHcloud Italia I have to launch the community as a test for my users, I don’t kno…

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## [We should credit what people are using](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-should-credit-what-people-are-using/324279)

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**Author:** [@正中\_赵](https://meta.discourse.org/u/%E6%AD%A3%E4%B8%AD_%E8%B5%B5)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/we-should-credit-what-people-are-using/324279 "2024-08-31T07:18:15Z")

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like this users.rust-lang.org, viewing this don’t tell you what you are using.

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## [Discourse Productive Instance 1:1 Migrate to Test Server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/altere-discourse-produktiv-instanz-1-1-auf-testserver-migrieren/388222)

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**Author:** [@elRicharde](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elRicharde)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 13, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/altere-discourse-produktiv-instanz-1-1-auf-testserver-migrieren/388222 "2025-11-13T12:22:48Z")

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Hello, I have taken over the admin position in a community and am currently facing the challenge of bringing the forum up to date. It has not been updated for a long time because the Calendar plugin P…

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## [This site is in read only mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/363234)

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**Author:** [@5hark](https://meta.discourse.org/u/5hark)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/this-site-is-in-read-only-mode/363234 "2025-04-25T12:52:34Z")

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From time to time after working for about two days site ends up in read only mode. Forum is completely empty, there are almost no users using it, so website is definitely not overloaded anyhow. I tried suggestions from t…

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## [Best practices for AI antispam plus AI post triage operating together?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-ai-antispam-plus-ai-post-triage-operating-together/381802)

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**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/best-practices-for-ai-antispam-plus-ai-post-triage-operating-together/381802 "2025-09-16T12:36:31Z")

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Have been having fantastic success with Discourse AI spam detection—in spite of my initial trepidation, it’s been extremely effective at keeping my self-hosted discourse instance spam-free. Because the discourse instanc…

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## [True Block](https://meta.discourse.org/t/true-block/272436)

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**Author:** [@tonyzhu163](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tonyzhu163)\
**Replies:** 50\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/true-block/272436 "2025-03-26T00:59:48Z")

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Hi I’m just wondering why block is done in a pseudo way where one can still easily interact with the content of blocked users. Having a true block where all of the blocked users content is unavailable in my viewing expe…

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## [Ember-this-fallback deprecations crash in the deprecation handler](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ember-this-fallback-deprecations-crash-in-the-deprecation-handler/401927)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ember-this-fallback-deprecations-crash-in-the-deprecation-handler/401927 "2026-04-30T14:53:58Z")

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I think this happened with the new plugin / javascript compiler. A number of plugins and theme components have started throwing errors like Error: Could not find module 'ember-this-fallback/deprecations-helper' Error:…

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## [Discourse Chat-settings/members can’t scroll on ios/ipados 26.2](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-settings-members-can-t-scroll-on-ios-ipados-26-2/389942)

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**Author:** [@small-lovely-cat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/small-lovely-cat)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 9:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat-settings-members-can-t-scroll-on-ios-ipados-26-2/389942 "2025-12-06T09:43:58Z")

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As shown in the attach, scrolling the page of settings/members of the DM component will lead to the scroll of the whole page, while the inner container failed to scroll, making it unable to leave a chat/read the bottom p…

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## [Error during permanently deleting a post of a deleted user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-during-permanently-deleting-a-post-of-a-deleted-user/327510)

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**Author:** [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 23, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-during-permanently-deleting-a-post-of-a-deleted-user/327510 "2024-09-23T20:10:44Z")

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I’ve enabled the Permanently Delete functionality as described in “Introducing permanently delete post functionality”. I have a spam post in a topic. I’ve deleted the spam user and soft-deleted the spam post some months…

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## [Quoting stopped working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-stopped-working/361267)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/quoting-stopped-working/361267 "2025-04-28T00:00:19Z")

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Hi, tried on Firefox PC and mobile, today, the quote functionality on my Discourse site doesn’t work anymore. Any idea? Thanks.

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## [Could we close the user reactions list by draging the list element down instead of the empty area above?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-we-close-the-user-reactions-list-by-draging-the-list-element-down-instead-of-the-empty-area-above/404606)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 10:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-we-close-the-user-reactions-list-by-draging-the-list-element-down-instead-of-the-empty-area-above/404606 "2026-06-12T10:37:26Z")

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Hi! :hugs: When opening the reaction list on mobile, I always try to close it by touch and slide from within the list. Alas, it doesn’t do anything. To close it, you must touch/drag down the empty area above. It’…

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## [How to sort latest posts by creation date](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-sort-latest-posts-by-creation-date/330242)

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**Author:** [@Fluffy\_Circus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Fluffy_Circus)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 10, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-sort-latest-posts-by-creation-date/330242 "2024-10-10T13:50:48Z")

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I’ve seen this question on here a few times with no real solution except for adding /latest?order=created to the url. How can I make it so my discourse lists posts by their creation date permanently - like as a setting? …

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## [Question necromancy: migrating from mattermost](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-necromancy-migrating-from-mattermost/386881)

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**Author:** [@Anton\_Akhmerov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Anton_Akhmerov)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 4, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/question-necromancy-migrating-from-mattermost/386881 "2025-11-04T15:47:17Z")

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Question I would like to know about the current best advice on data migration from a Mattermost team edition instance to a discourse instance (I’m administering both). I have already read the advice on how to coordinate…

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## [3.3.0.beta5: Simplified topic map, Improved topic bulk actions, Additional messaging for custom moderation flags and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-3-0-beta5-simplified-topic-map-improved-topic-bulk-actions-additional-messaging-for-custom-moderation-flags-and-more/316348)

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**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2024, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/3-3-0-beta5-simplified-topic-map-improved-topic-bulk-actions-additional-messaging-for-custom-moderation-flags-and-more/316348 "2024-07-30T08:41:46Z")

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New features in v3.3.0.beta5 Simplified topic map The new topic map dramatically simplifies layout by highlighting useful information, with details available behind one click. Learn more. Improved topic bulk actions C…

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## [Ai bot 400 error on 2025.12.0-latest](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-400-error-on-2025-12-0-latest/390794)

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**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2025, 1:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai-bot-400-error-on-2025-12-0-latest/390794 "2025-12-10T13:44:22Z")

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I just fully updated to 2025.12.0-latest (f06fd595f6) and now each message to an AI bot returns a 400 error. Message (6 copies reported) DiscourseAi::Completions::Endpoints::OpenAiResponses: status: 400 - body: { "er…

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## [Shared account and unified user experience between different Discourse instances](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-account-and-unified-user-experience-between-different-discourse-instances/308947)

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**Author:** [@fokx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fokx)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shared-account-and-unified-user-experience-between-different-discourse-instances/308947 "2024-05-31T19:04:48Z")

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Now we’ve seen so many projects/companies use Discourse as a discussion forum. However, I often find it a little cumbersome to register accounts for each website (though SSO alleviate this pain a bit) and setup user prof…

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## [Installing discourse for free?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-for-free/311717)

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**Author:** [@Ar\_D](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ar_D)\
**Replies:** 55\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-discourse-for-free/311717 "2024-07-02T12:36:46Z")

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I have a spare PC which I can use as a server, host, or whatever discourse needs. It is connected to my storage server, so plenty of storage (130TB + 8tb of ssd’s in the pc itself) and has good specs, 64gb of ram, intel …

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## [Don’t display the flag ‘Off-Topic’ option on the first post of a topic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/don-t-display-the-flag-off-topic-option-on-the-first-post-of-a-topic/378070)

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**Author:** [@T\_Disco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/T_Disco)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/don-t-display-the-flag-off-topic-option-on-the-first-post-of-a-topic/378070 "2025-08-11T20:06:11Z")

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Is it applicable to display the flag option: Off-Topic This post is not relevant to the current discussion as defined by the title and first post, and should probably be moved elsewhere. if it’s the first post?

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