# Hot

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## [How can I set s3\_force\_path to true?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-set-s3-force-path-to-true/225154)

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**Author:** [@Yaoqi\_Yan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yaoqi_Yan)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-set-s3-force-path-to-true/225154 "2022-04-29T11:14:14Z")

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Please help me!!! How can I set s3\_force\_path to true to make my object storage server work?

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## [Update timing increasing?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-timing-increasing/225182)

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**Author:** [@fuse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fuse)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/update-timing-increasing/225182 "2022-05-16T22:09:57Z")

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Apologies if this is covered elsewhere, I searched and did not see a similar topic. Are discourse updated taking exponentially longer recently than in the past? I run a standalone instance in AWS Lightsail, and most up…

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## [Adding extra warning and confirmation while user trying to delete their account](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-extra-warning-and-confirmation-while-user-trying-to-delete-their-account/225185)

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**Author:** [@Rinfair](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rinfair)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-extra-warning-and-confirmation-while-user-trying-to-delete-their-account/225185 "2022-04-25T15:02:36Z")

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As stated in the title, my forum has allowed user to manually delete their account by themselves. Is there any method to warn user and do extra confirmation when they tried to delete their account? I have studied the sou…

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## [Problem for merge two forum](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-for-merge-two-forum/225189)

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**Author:** [@McFly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/McFly)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-for-merge-two-forum/225189 "2022-05-12T16:18:00Z")

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Hello, I am merging two forums together via the tutorial present here. I’m getting stuck on the command gunzip \< /path/to/data/other-2018-08-02-134227-v2018xxx.tar.gz | psql -d copyme It returns me plenty of lines wit…

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## [Possible to stop users from being able to edit any posts for a given period?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-stop-users-from-being-able-to-edit-any-posts-for-a-given-period/225198)

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**Author:** [@Ziya\_Huang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ziya_Huang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 10:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-stop-users-from-being-able-to-edit-any-posts-for-a-given-period/225198 "2022-04-25T10:22:48Z")

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We’re planning to run a forum prize, and would like to disable all forum users’ ability to edit any posts for ~1 week. Is this possible?

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## [How can I test default Discourse Android push notifications?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-test-default-discourse-android-push-notifications/225215)

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**Author:** [@haydenjames](https://meta.discourse.org/u/haydenjames)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-test-default-discourse-android-push-notifications/225215 "2022-04-25T13:50:20Z")

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Push notifications are working great for this meta.discourse forum. However, I’m only getting email and desktop notifications on my forum and I don’t see Android push notifications. Where are the Discourse admin setting…

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## [About this Community and the Docs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-community-and-the-docs/225221)

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**Author:** [@ferreirex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ferreirex)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-this-community-and-the-docs/225221 "2022-04-25T17:40:03Z")

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Hi everyone, Love to know if the Docs section of this community is a different installation of Discourse or if still the same as the community? The feeling looks different but love to know how have done this.

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## [Permissions and clients/users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-and-clients-users/225223)

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**Author:** [@ferreirex](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ferreirex)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/permissions-and-clients-users/225223 "2022-04-25T19:14:22Z")

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Hi, I have been looking around but don’t have found the answer I’m looking. 1- It is possible to limit some users don’t be able to see some posts (only can see their posts) from some Category? 2- It is possible to lim…

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## [How to reopen header-contents widget?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reopen-header-contents-widget/225231)

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**Author:** [@Deomid\_Fedorov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Deomid_Fedorov)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-reopen-header-contents-widget/225231 "2022-05-04T10:50:25Z")

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Hello! I am a beginer, so I hope for your help. I want to change the content in …. When I open the source files, I see that the “header-content” widget says: createWidget("header-contents", { tagName: "div.contents.c…

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## [Need "window.prerenderReady" implemented on my instance \[PAID GIG\]](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-window-prerenderready-implemented-on-my-instance-paid-gig/225232)

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**Author:** [@stance455](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stance455)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-window-prerenderready-implemented-on-my-instance-paid-gig/225232 "2022-04-27T14:44:12Z")

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I’m using prerender.io to serve the “application/JS” version of the site to crawlers ( my instance serves crawlers the JS version via a hidden setting ) It’s working well but seems discourse might fall under this catego…

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## [Error trying to edit a post with an image in (NginX Proxy Manager?)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-trying-to-edit-a-post-with-an-image-in-nginx-proxy-manager/225236)

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**Author:** [@vmsman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vmsman)\
**Replies:** 43\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-trying-to-edit-a-post-with-an-image-in-nginx-proxy-manager/225236 "2022-05-07T19:06:56Z")

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I am getting an error trying to save a post after editing it in 2.9.0.beta4. The error is a 500 error and from all appearances it looks like it cannot save a draft. I previously had some file ownership errors in this …

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## [Too many edits to one post?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/too-many-edits-to-one-post/225242)

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**Author:** [@Seth\_Godin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Seth_Godin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/too-many-edits-to-one-post/225242 "2022-04-25T17:53:25Z")

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Sorry to be confused, but can’t find this in the settings or here in meta. One of our key users regularly edits this post: https://creators.carbonalmanac.com/t/partnerships-faq/8481 (it’s our private Discourse-hosted …

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## [Allow access to community only to users logged into our app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-access-to-community-only-to-users-logged-into-our-app/225253)

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**Author:** [@Bejoy\_Narayana](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bejoy_Narayana)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-access-to-community-only-to-users-logged-into-our-app/225253 "2022-04-26T13:48:34Z")

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Hello- We want to allow access to community.bob.ai only to users who are already logged into our app. We are now getting a popup from Auth0 to sign in. We don’t want that and we want the user to sign in from Bob.ai. Does…

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## [Using "custom" ruby gems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-custom-ruby-gems/225274)

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**Author:** [@FerrariFlunker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/FerrariFlunker)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2022, 5:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-custom-ruby-gems/225274 "2022-04-28T05:15:17Z")

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Hello! I’ve been struggling with this for a few days, so any help is appreciated! I’m developing a fork of a plugin that requires the discordrb ruby gem. For whatever reason, the most up to date version on discordrb |…

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## [Application form on signup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/application-form-on-signup/225288)

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**Author:** [@Ziya\_Huang](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ziya_Huang)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/application-form-on-signup/225288 "2022-04-26T07:42:32Z")

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Hi Jammy, Do you know if I can edit what shows up on the login page? Our forum is only open to people who are invited. I want to insert an application form in the login page, so people who have not been invited can prov…

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## [External system avatars url setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-system-avatars-url-setting/225307)

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**Author:** [@Yaoqi\_Yan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Yaoqi_Yan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/external-system-avatars-url-setting/225307 "2022-04-26T13:10:05Z")

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I set external system avatars url as bellow screenshot. No letter avatar is generated. /letter\_avatar\_proxy/v2/letter/{first\_letter}/{color}/{size}.png May I know how to fix it?

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## [Thread unsafe hash usage in Logster](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thread-unsafe-hash-usage-in-logster/225332)

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**Author:** [@bjfish](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bjfish)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 28, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thread-unsafe-hash-usage-in-logster/225332 "2022-04-28T01:21:33Z")

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While using discourse in a multi-threaded Ruby implementation and server (TruffleRuby/Puma), errors are produced by the unsafe hash usage in the logster gem near this section: https://github.com/discourse/logster/blob/3…

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## [Cloudways + Digitial Ocean with Discourse Setup - Need Assistance](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudways-digitial-ocean-with-discourse-setup-need-assistance/225336)

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**Author:** [@Excel\_Buddy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Excel_Buddy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudways-digitial-ocean-with-discourse-setup-need-assistance/225336 "2022-05-03T14:09:23Z")

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Good morning, I have been trying and failing (:slight\_smile:) for the past week to setup discourse on DigitalOcean and have it connect to my Cloudways site. Summary: Server: Cloudways Email Server: Elastic Email on C…

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## [Author name plus avatar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/author-name-plus-avatar/225337)

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**Author:** [@P2W](https://meta.discourse.org/u/P2W)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2022, 4:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/author-name-plus-avatar/225337 "2022-08-16T16:10:23Z")

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Hey all - our community has a desire to see post author’s name in addition to their avatar. Any tips on emulating this display, as seen on Sam’s Simple Theme.

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## [Youtube "short" videos type embedding/oneboxing not working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-short-videos-type-embedding-oneboxing-not-working/225350)

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**Author:** [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/youtube-short-videos-type-embedding-oneboxing-not-working/225350 "2022-12-06T18:50:52Z")

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Hi! Youtube video embedding works on my forums, but not short videos (those with /shorts/ in the URL) like this one: The onebox request returns a 404 error. Regular youtube video embedding works. I d…

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## [Free Hosting - Any Ideas?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-any-ideas/225352)

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**Author:** [@firozkhanuk1214](https://meta.discourse.org/u/firozkhanuk1214)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosting-any-ideas/225352 "2022-04-26T18:38:53Z")

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I’ve been looking for free forever hosting for Discourse but I find nothing. Any ideas?

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## [Free.discourse.group Criteria](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-discourse-group-criteria/225353)

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**Author:** [@firozkhanuk1214](https://meta.discourse.org/u/firozkhanuk1214)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-discourse-group-criteria/225353 "2022-04-26T18:27:01Z")

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Hi there, What is the criteria for free.discourse.group? Last time I applied I got rejected. Thanks!

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## [Can you get a post preview through API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-get-a-post-preview-through-api/225366)

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**Author:** [@Allen\_Chen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Allen_Chen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 12:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-get-a-post-preview-through-api/225366 "2022-04-27T12:37:24Z")

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I’m trying to get a preview of each topic through the discourse API so that each topic has a small preview and then a read more… Through the API I couldn’t find anything that could help me get the preview of a specific …

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## [On which Discourse managed gems should we enable GitHub issues?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-which-discourse-managed-gems-should-we-enable-github-issues/225369)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-which-discourse-managed-gems-should-we-enable-github-issues/225369 "2022-04-26T23:30:01Z")

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Hmm, something to discuss. Our tooling ensures issues are disabled on all repos - so none of our repos have issues enabled. We’d need to ensure someone (or multiple someones) are monitoring any repos we enable issues on…

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## [Infinity loading issue on Focused Sidebar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinity-loading-issue-on-focused-sidebar/225386)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/infinity-loading-issue-on-focused-sidebar/225386 "2022-05-10T00:42:17Z")

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Hello, I don’t know if this is the good place for this and I know the theme is in active development. I just noticed this :slightly\_smiling\_face: Before, I reported a bug from this kind of issue but that is only affect…

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## [Entering subcategory hangs](https://meta.discourse.org/t/entering-subcategory-hangs/225407)

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**Author:** [@Peter\_Backgren](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Peter_Backgren)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 10:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/entering-subcategory-hangs/225407 "2022-05-04T10:32:26Z")

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Problem: Going into the subcategory “Copies of texts…” just sits there forever with the circle going around. The UI logs don’t show anything, maybe I should look deeper into disk logs? Where exactly? The thing I did…

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## [Installing for production via Docker on existing server with Litespeed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-for-production-via-docker-on-existing-server-with-litespeed/225420)

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**Author:** [@Serb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Serb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/installing-for-production-via-docker-on-existing-server-with-litespeed/225420 "2022-04-27T15:10:04Z")

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If I follow the installation steps here: how would that work out with my existing CentOS cPanel server running Litespeed instead of Apache as a webserver, with a dozen other websites on the server already? What tweak…

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## [Email forward ends up in original topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-forward-ends-up-in-original-topic/225421)

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**Author:** [@artur](https://meta.discourse.org/u/artur)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2022, 4:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-forward-ends-up-in-original-topic/225421 "2022-05-04T16:55:34Z")

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Our discourse serves a wide community of different groups that do not interact regularly, but need to sometimes share information. The problem is that if someone forwards a received mail from one category to another cat…

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## [Where is Discourse Meta hosted on?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-discourse-meta-hosted-on/225423)

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**Author:** [@firozkhanuk1214](https://meta.discourse.org/u/firozkhanuk1214)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-is-discourse-meta-hosted-on/225423 "2022-04-27T13:26:47Z")

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Hi, There are lots of ways to host a Discourse forum. But where is Discourse Meta hosted on? Thanks!

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## [Specify User in POST request](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-user-in-post-request/225426)

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**Author:** [@muratgozel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/muratgozel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 27, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/specify-user-in-post-request/225426 "2022-04-27T14:14:02Z")

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Hi everyone, I wonder if there is a possibility to specify a user while sending the post request. I want to create a topic/post on behalf of another user.

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