# Hot

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## [How to unsub from "Hooray, new version" admin emails?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-unsub-from-hooray-new-version-admin-emails/198162)

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**Author:** [@dylanhpt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dylanhpt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-unsub-from-hooray-new-version-admin-emails/198162 "2021-07-27T20:19:31Z")

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Hooray, a new version of Discourse is available! I’m not sure where this is coming from: How do I unsub from these? I don’t want to remove my “contact email” – I just don’t want these types of emails.

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## [List of emails of users watching a specific category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-emails-of-users-watching-a-specific-category/198171)

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**Author:** [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/list-of-emails-of-users-watching-a-specific-category/198171 "2021-10-11T12:05:31Z")

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I have a Data Explorer query that runs this: SELECT \* FROM category\_users WHERE category\_id = '10' This gives me a result that looks like this: How can I also display the users’ email in this output? (To forestall…

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## [Trigger an email to all users periodically with a pre-defined message or link](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trigger-an-email-to-all-users-periodically-with-a-pre-defined-message-or-link/198175)

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**Author:** [@tmb-ltsdw](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tmb-ltsdw)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trigger-an-email-to-all-users-periodically-with-a-pre-defined-message-or-link/198175 "2021-07-29T15:46:09Z")

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Hello, The main use case for this would be to periodically send all users an update to the Terms of Service of the discussion board. It could also be a link to the permalink of the ToS but basically is a compliance requ…

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## [Autocompletion for a user field at signup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocompletion-for-a-user-field-at-signup/198182)

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**Author:** [@vinyll](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vinyll)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/autocompletion-for-a-user-field-at-signup/198182 "2021-07-27T13:57:45Z")

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Hey all, I’ve been playing for a few weeks tweaking the forum. The doc for themes and components has definitely been very helpful! Lately I’ve added custom user fields at signup that can be edited after signup. My cur…

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## [Hide flag actions for current user when they're flagged or the flagger](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-flag-actions-for-current-user-when-theyre-flagged-or-the-flagger/198202)

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**Author:** [@Heliosurge](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Heliosurge)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-flag-actions-for-current-user-when-theyre-flagged-or-the-flagger/198202 "2021-07-26T14:47:02Z")

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I apologize if this is maybe not the right place to ask. But it looks like it might be. I would like to use I am guessing a boolean to compare say current user to 2 things in flag review. The Flagger and target of fla…

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## [Help with DISCOURSE\_CDN\_URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-discourse-cdn-url/198209)

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**Author:** [@davidkingham](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidkingham)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-with-discourse-cdn-url/198209 "2021-07-26T19:41:24Z")

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I am trying to fix the s3/cdn settings on my site and running into problems. A little back history: I had been using digital ocean spaces with bunny.net for the cdn, I had everything set up properly in the site settings,…

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## [Is Discourse always in "beta"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-always-in-beta/198215)

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**Author:** [@Wanderer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wanderer)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-always-in-beta/198215 "2023-05-09T14:07:32Z")

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I noticed that every now and then my Discourse site send me an email telling that a new version is available to install, but every time the version is “x.y.z.beta something”, so I’d like to know: is Discourse always some…

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## [Modifying canned email messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-canned-email-messages/198221)

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**Author:** [@rlauriston](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlauriston)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modifying-canned-email-messages/198221 "2021-07-26T22:08:22Z")

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Is there some way to change the “Thanks for letting us know. We’re looking into it.” message that’s automatically sent when a user flags something? Or some way to change the sender so it’s clear that it’s a system messa…

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## [Category Colors In Dark Mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-colors-in-dark-mode/198230)

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**Author:** [@DavidTCole](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DavidTCole)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-colors-in-dark-mode/198230 "2021-07-26T18:06:53Z")

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Advanced apologies if this is addressed something but the long road to Discourse’s current dark mode support makes searching for this difficult. :slight\_smile: Is there support for declaring light and dark colors for ca…

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## [Moderation group limited 3 users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-group-limited-3-users/198233)

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**Author:** [@solarsimon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/solarsimon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/moderation-group-limited-3-users/198233 "2021-07-27T08:21:25Z")

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Hi there, i would like to add more users to my moderation group. Apparently its limited to 3 users. I heard this is normal on a free plan. I moved discourse recently to self hosted. So is the size of my moderation grou…

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## [Looking for partners in Germany for implementation Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-partners-in-germany-for-implementation-discourse/198237)

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**Author:** [@RaphaelBo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RaphaelBo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/looking-for-partners-in-germany-for-implementation-discourse/198237 "2021-07-27T00:55:17Z")

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What would you like done? Start with Discourse as community forum When do you need it done? As soon as possible What is your budget, in $ USD that you can offer for this task? 7.500$USD for initial setup including …

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## [🇨🇳 Strange translation in Chinese Simplified Chinese localization of discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-translation-in-chinese-simplified-discourse/198239)

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**Author:** [@th21](https://meta.discourse.org/u/th21)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-translation-in-chinese-simplified-discourse/198239 "2022-02-03T21:25:05Z")

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Noté que muchas traducciones han sido modificadas para chino simplificado durante las recientes actualizaciones de Discourse. No estoy seguro si es resultado de la agencia mencionada. Las traducciones actualizadas no están muy mal, pero en general...

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## [Possible to send an email login link via API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-send-an-email-login-link-via-api/198248)

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**Author:** [@coneconecone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coneconecone)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-send-an-email-login-link-via-api/198248 "2021-07-27T14:55:41Z")

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Hello! I’m really enjoying using the Discourse API! Following the guide on reverse engineering the API, I’ve hit an issue with getting the API to send a login link. Background to why I’m doing this I’ve made a SSO ser…

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## [Facebook oEmbed warning](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-oembed-warning/198254)

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**Author:** [@rlauriston](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rlauriston)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facebook-oembed-warning/198254 "2021-10-04T17:51:28Z")

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The oEmbed product has been replaced with the oEmbed Read feature. If you implemented the oEmbed product before June 8, 2021, you have until September 7, 2021 to complete App Review for the oEmbed Read feature. If you h…

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## [Only allow a certain number of devices logged into one account at a time](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-allow-a-certain-number-of-devices-logged-into-one-account-at-a-time/198262)

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**Author:** [@golfman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/golfman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-allow-a-certain-number-of-devices-logged-into-one-account-at-a-time/198262 "2021-07-27T01:16:19Z")

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Hey there, I remember seeing a feature in the discourse settings (I am on the discourse hosted plan) that allowed the admin to restrict how many devices that are able to be signed into a given account at one time (i.e. o…

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## [PNG with transparency getting converted to JPG after uploads](https://meta.discourse.org/t/png-with-transparency-getting-converted-to-jpg-after-uploads/198265)

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**Author:** [@Stanzilla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stanzilla)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/png-with-transparency-getting-converted-to-jpg-after-uploads/198265 "2022-04-05T16:54:17Z")

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Feature is neat but it looks like it converts images with a transparent background (png) to jpg by default. Would be nice if it asked if you want to keep the transparency or not and then choose a format to convert to. Fr…

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## [New user posting review function is not available](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-posting-review-function-is-not-available/198280)

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**Author:** [@KevinBlandy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KevinBlandy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-posting-review-function-is-not-available/198280 "2021-07-27T19:40:39Z")

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In the new version, these setting items are no longer available in the backend approve post count approve unless trust approve new topics unless trust level I need to review the first 3 posts of any newly registered us…

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## [Include all group owners in "You’ve been accepted into @group-x" message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-all-group-owners-in-you-ve-been-accepted-into-group-x-message/198307)

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**Author:** [@deeplow](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deeplow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-all-group-owners-in-you-ve-been-accepted-into-group-x-message/198307 "2021-07-27T13:00:11Z")

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When a group owner approves a certain user, they are message “You’ve been accepted into @group-x”. However this message is only in the name of the group owner who approved it. The reason for this inclusion is because af…

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## [Adding many categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-many-categories/198313)

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**Author:** [@Jego](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jego)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-many-categories/198313 "2022-01-17T20:59:02Z")

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Hello! Some colleagues and me are currently starting a page for my studies, where we want to make one category for each subject. Thus we have to add many many categories. Is there any possibility to automate this like gi…

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## [How to implement HTML email branding into Discourse Forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-implement-html-email-branding-into-discourse-forums/198317)

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**Author:** [@Laura-Legacy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Laura-Legacy)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-implement-html-email-branding-into-discourse-forums/198317 "2021-07-27T18:29:37Z")

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Hi everyone, I have made a branded email for the forums I am working on, but when I try to test the email to see if it works, it seems that it won’t be implemented. I’m very new to this sort of project and was wondering …

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## [Self serve SSO email synchronisation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-serve-sso-email-synchronisation/198322)

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**Author:** [@coneconecone](https://meta.discourse.org/u/coneconecone)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-serve-sso-email-synchronisation/198322 "2021-07-27T15:13:01Z")

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Hello Background I have a Discourse which has local accounts on it, and a separate membership system for a local hackerspace. I’m trying to bring the two together with SSO but we have instances where the emails are dif…

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## [Post Read-only mode on a category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-read-only-mode-on-a-category/198335)

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**Author:** [@kianwalters05](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kianwalters05)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-read-only-mode-on-a-category/198335 "2021-07-27T22:19:26Z")

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Hi! I’m looking to add a category where people can post in their and can only see their own posts. So if someone does an application they cant cheat and copy someone else’s. Thanks, Kian

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## [Bad CSRF on request from cloned session with Python](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-csrf-on-request-from-cloned-session-with-python/198348)

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**Author:** [@Hans](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hans)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 29, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bad-csrf-on-request-from-cloned-session-with-python/198348 "2021-07-29T22:32:11Z")

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I am a moderator on a Discourse forum and I wanted to write a python program that will clone the session cookies out of the browser and run a simple user action like liking a post. I successfully cloned the session and w…

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## [Sudden drop in traffic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sudden-drop-in-traffic/198350)

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**Author:** [@jcasman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jcasman)\
**Replies:** 40\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sudden-drop-in-traffic/198350 "2022-12-15T21:21:34Z")

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I help run theta360.guide, a developers forum for a 360 degree camera with an open API. We’ve been running on Discourse for over 5 years. We use Google Analytics to track page views. We saw a sudden drop in page views j…

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## [Poll won't work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-wont-work/198361)

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**Author:** [@Neoslayer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Neoslayer)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/poll-wont-work/198361 "2021-07-28T17:52:38Z")

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When I build a poll, and press the settings button to have more options like allowing me to see who voted, it doesn’t let me, and says this instead. What am I doing wrong? As you can see there’s plenty of options …

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## [Access reports JSON data via Pipedream](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-reports-json-data-via-pipedream/198367)

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**Author:** [@paigen11](https://meta.discourse.org/u/paigen11)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/access-reports-json-data-via-pipedream/198367 "2021-07-28T13:31:58Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to pull Discourse report info via Pipedream so I can send it to Segment for analytics purposes. The Pipedream integration with Discourse works when I run the starting query of https://${auths.discours…

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## [Google indexing help](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-indexing-help/198393)

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**Author:** [@mstm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mstm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-indexing-help/198393 "2021-07-28T13:03:22Z")

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Hi :blush: Would someone more experienced than me help me understand what’s going on? Cloudflare has always been active, after activating the sitemap many threads that were previously indexed are now “crawled - current…

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## [Editing Meta Description of Category Not Just Parent Page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-meta-description-of-category-not-just-parent-page/198394)

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**Author:** [@Jayashree\_Hegde](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jayashree_Hegde)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-meta-description-of-category-not-just-parent-page/198394 "2021-07-28T07:14:34Z")

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I am back with the same problem of editing meta description of Discourse page, but on the next level. We need to change the meta description of a category, not the parent page alone. Every time, we run an SEO audit of t…

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## [How to make certain content in the topic after the reply to watch？](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-certain-content-in-the-topic-after-the-reply-to-watch/198407)

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**Author:** [@FunnySmile](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FunnySmile)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 8:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-certain-content-in-the-topic-after-the-reply-to-watch/198407 "2021-07-28T08:48:23Z")

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For example, I am in a topic, I hope the user can have a certain degree of interactivity, rather than enter my post to watch the content is closed, I hope they can reply to me, I can also determine how many users need so…

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## [Is it possible to reply to a topic without bumping it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-reply-to-a-topic-without-bumping-it/198423)

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**Author:** [@DonaldH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DonaldH)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-possible-to-reply-to-a-topic-without-bumping-it/198423 "2021-07-28T21:15:04Z")

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Sometimes I want to reply to a person, to answer a question, without “bumping” or “signal-boosting” their topic to the top of “Latest”. Is there some way to do that, as a user, or some way to enable that as an admin in t…

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