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## [Where can I see flagged posts authored by users with negative user IDs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-see-flagged-posts-authored-by-users-with-negative-user-ids/382422)

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**Author:** [@asa](https://meta.discourse.org/u/asa)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-can-i-see-flagged-posts-authored-by-users-with-negative-user-ids/382422 "2025-09-22T13:45:20Z")

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I created another user account to understand how the reporting system works, but as an admin, I don’t receive any notifications about flagged posts. Am I overlooking something, or is no information provided? Review is e…

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## [Hide ignored users' topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ignored-users-topics/276420)

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**Author:** [@Lhc\_fl](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lhc_fl)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hide-ignored-users-topics/276420 "2025-03-30T08:56:34Z")

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:information\_source: Summary This component allows you to hide topics from users you’ve ignored :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository GitHub - Lhcfl/discourse-hide-ignored-user-topics · GitHub :question: Install …

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## [Group read state cannot be enabled on automatic groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-read-state-cannot-be-enabled-on-automatic-groups/335961)

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**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-read-state-cannot-be-enabled-on-automatic-groups/335961 "2024-12-17T11:24:37Z")

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For all automatic groups (admins, tl0, etc), if you enable the group read state, and then refresh the page, it disables itself again.

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## [How do you rebuild the post or reaction count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-rebuild-the-post-or-reaction-count/369504)

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**Author:** [@SubStrider](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SubStrider)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-rebuild-the-post-or-reaction-count/369504 "2025-06-10T07:32:34Z")

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If I want to rebuild the reaction count and summary, is there a way to do it? Like:bundle exec rake reactions:recount

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## [Always follow "prioritize username" setting when showing usernames on the interface](https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-follow-prioritize-username-setting-when-showing-usernames-on-the-interface/366425)

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**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2025, 11:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/always-follow-prioritize-username-setting-when-showing-usernames-on-the-interface/366425 "2025-05-16T11:04:14Z")

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This is about this site setting: On recent official components and themes, the setting is not considered where the username is shown. For example on Topic Cards, it’s always the username that is shown on the topic li…

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## [Summarize on Meta broken?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-on-meta-broken/303776)

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**Author:** [@MarcP](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MarcP)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2024, 1:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summarize-on-meta-broken/303776 "2024-04-15T01:30:59Z")

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I think the summarize feature is broken here, I can not repro this on my own instance - screenshot from this topic.

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## [Delete all posts by a user on entire site with API?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-all-posts-by-a-user-on-entire-site-with-api/302332)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/delete-all-posts-by-a-user-on-entire-site-with-api/302332 "2024-05-30T16:18:45Z")

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How would I accomplish this? Can’t seem to really figure out what to do… I’ve looked at: https://www.postman.com/api-evangelist/workspace/discourse/documentation/35240-c739e2a5-3ddf-4ffc-90e9-7dd579e8a55d?entity=reque…

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## [Discourse Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-data-explorer/32566)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 12:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-data-explorer/32566 "2025-10-22T12:31:20Z")

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:discourse2: Summary Discourse Data Explorer allows you to make SQL queries against your live database, allowing for up-to-the-minute stats reporting. :open\_book: Install Guide This plugin is bundled with…

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## [Dynamic Open Graph images for topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-open-graph-images-for-topics/309825)

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**Author:** [@jordan-violet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan-violet)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-open-graph-images-for-topics/309825 "2025-04-24T05:21:55Z")

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I’ve seen a few disparate topics related to this subject, but I’d be curious to know if there has been any consideration for generating dynamic Open Graph images for topics similar to Reddit. When links to my community…

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## [What icons can I add the Welcome Link Banner?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-icons-can-i-add-the-welcome-link-banner/294955)

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**Author:** [@PT\_LB](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PT_LB)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-icons-can-i-add-the-welcome-link-banner/294955 "2024-02-09T20:26:52Z")

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Any list of default icons and how to add new ones? (currently hosted) I found the setting svg\_icons but apart creating new one (string) : I not sure how to do the link between that and font awesome or even better h…

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## [I18n keys showing on Webhooks edit page](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i18n-keys-showing-on-webhooks-edit-page/297701)

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**Author:** [@uckelman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uckelman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i18n-keys-showing-on-webhooks-edit-page/297701 "2024-03-05T03:36:28Z")

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I’m seeing this on the Webhooks edit page with 3.3.0.beta1-dev: Two of the sections and their checkbox labels appear to be showing i18n keys instead of the values of those keys. E.g., I’m fairly sure that \[en.admin.…

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## [Add more space after “close” or move the “Ask a category experts to respond” text to the right of the textarea](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-space-after-close-or-move-the-ask-a-category-experts-to-respond-text-to-the-right-of-the-textarea/306743)

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**Author:** [@Diego\_Santos](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Diego_Santos)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-space-after-close-or-move-the-ask-a-category-experts-to-respond-text-to-the-right-of-the-textarea/306743 "2024-05-17T18:01:16Z")

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I loved this. So far, I am just facing this little visual problem. Maybe there should be a little bit more space after “close” or move the “Ask a category experts to respond” text to the all right of the textarea.

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## [How to Add a View Counter in a Custom Discourse Theme?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-view-counter-in-a-custom-discourse-theme/359658)

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**Author:** [@Kajan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kajan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-add-a-view-counter-in-a-custom-discourse-theme/359658 "2025-03-31T23:17:16Z")

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I am using a custom Discourse theme and want to display the number of views for each topic. The default Discourse setup includes this feature, but it is not visible in my theme. I checked the template files and found a …

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## [How do you install netstat to check server load etc.?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-install-netstat-to-check-server-load-etc/370501)

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**Author:** [@agemo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/agemo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 12:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-install-netstat-to-check-server-load-etc/370501 "2025-06-19T12:06:40Z")

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I’ve entered the app ./launcher enter app and run the command apt install net-tools It no work. I tend to leave the discourse setup as is but I need to look into recently increased server load (user demand uptick), an…

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## [Plugin commits in stable release notes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-commits-in-stable-release-notes/369362)

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**Author:** [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 7:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-commits-in-stable-release-notes/369362 "2025-06-09T07:32:53Z")

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For a long time, the release notes for the stable branch mainly contained security fixes and occasionally a few other commits. This also applied to plugins, as they were all pinned at the beginning of a new release cycle…

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## [Not able to log in after restoring a backup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-log-in-after-restoring-a-backup/296449)

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**Author:** [@A\_A](https://meta.discourse.org/u/A_A)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 10:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/not-able-to-log-in-after-restoring-a-backup/296449 "2024-02-25T10:59:31Z")

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Hi I have a Communiteq hosted forum and another self-hosted forum, hosted on digitalocean. I took a backup of communiteq hosted forum today and restored it on my DO forum through the UI. After that, I am not able to lo…

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## [Change 'user visits' description to make it clearer that it refers to signed-in users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-user-visits-description-to-make-it-clearer-that-it-refers-to-signed-in-users/307363)

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**Author:** [@Bathinda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bathinda)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 6:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-user-visits-description-to-make-it-clearer-that-it-refers-to-signed-in-users/307363 "2024-05-13T18:24:32Z")

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Are only ‘Signed-In’ user visits are counted in the ‘User-Visits’ report? I doubt this is the scene (ie. only signed in users show) because almost any single days’ report shows around 1k Page views (excluding 'Crawlers)…

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## [Optimizing Site For Speed - How To Improve?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-site-for-speed-how-to-improve/302671)

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**Author:** [@45thj5ej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/45thj5ej)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/optimizing-site-for-speed-how-to-improve/302671 "2024-04-06T16:39:29Z")

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What’re your guys’ thoughts on these performance test websites? I just did 3 tests: GTmetrix, PageSpeed, and WebpageTest. Some variants, of course, but some similarities. Yesterday, I was a grade C on GTmetrix, so a B i…

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## [Site text overwritten](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-text-overwritten/354084)

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**Author:** [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-text-overwritten/354084 "2025-02-24T12:16:30Z")

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Hi guys does site text get overwritten on updates? I made a load of changes last week but today they have all reverted on the front end. can still see the changes in the backend though?

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## [CodePen embed no longer working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codepen-embed-no-longer-working/386399)

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**Author:** [@trusktr](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trusktr)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/codepen-embed-no-longer-working/386399 "2025-11-03T22:53:38Z")

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CodePen in the Three.js forum is no longer working: What config setting could have changed that disables CodePen embeds?

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## [Lock or pin posts in a topic with a timer?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-or-pin-posts-in-a-topic-with-a-timer/384534)

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**Author:** [@one1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/one1)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/lock-or-pin-posts-in-a-topic-with-a-timer/384534 "2025-10-14T20:28:47Z")

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If I have, say, a documentation post with a timer to remove all replies after x days, is it possible to prevent selected posts from being deleted? I don’t see the option, but maybe it’s called something I’m not expecting…

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## [Is there a "Reply to View" plugin for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-reply-to-view-plugin-for-discourse/319087)

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**Author:** [@copymonopoly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/copymonopoly)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-reply-to-view-plugin-for-discourse/319087 "2025-09-24T22:13:34Z")

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Hi everyone,I’m relatively new to Discourse and I’m wondering if there’s a plugin or feature that allows for “reply to view” functionality. Specifically, I’m looking for something that would allow me to hide part of a po…

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## [Google structured data for forums and profile pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-structured-data-for-forums-and-profile-pages/286762)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-structured-data-for-forums-and-profile-pages/286762 "2024-01-01T08:27:08Z")

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Google just announced a new way for forum sites to tag their content as “structured data” for SEO purposes. https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/11/discussion-and-profile-markup New in structured data: discu…

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## [@mention is not working with my site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-is-not-working-with-my-site/320767)

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**Author:** [@Jaskaran](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jaskaran)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 5:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mention-is-not-working-with-my-site/320767 "2024-08-08T17:09:55Z")

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I am trying to use @metion but @mention is not working with my site . Can anyone pls tell the reason

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## [Unable to exit editing post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-exit-editing-post/398604)

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**Author:** [@gingerbeardman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerbeardman)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 9:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-exit-editing-post/398604 "2026-08-27T21:12:09Z")

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I’m not sure how to reproduce at this point, but… I often see post editing get into a state where various functions have no effect: save edit trash down chevrons close x (top right) etc Thankfully the draft is automa…

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## [How to change moderator icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-moderator-icon/356417)

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**Author:** [@KeepBotting](https://meta.discourse.org/u/KeepBotting)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-change-moderator-icon/356417 "2025-03-08T19:36:25Z")

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Hey, I read through this: Replace Discourse's default SVG icons with custom icons in a theme Created a spritesheet (I think I have done this correctly): \<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?\> \<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.…

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## [What can crawlers see?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-can-crawlers-see/294061)

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**Author:** [@PVIcpaq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PVIcpaq)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-can-crawlers-see/294061 "2024-02-05T16:47:18Z")

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There are a few crawlers on our site. Is there any risk that they have access to the content? What is an « acceptable crawler load/risk » before I would have to undertake blocking procedures with which I have few, if an…

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## [Bookmark disappears after flagging the post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-disappears-after-flagging-the-post/364437)

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**Author:** [@Andrew15-5](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andrew15-5)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/bookmark-disappears-after-flagging-the-post/364437 "2025-05-30T04:47:46Z")

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I use https://forum.typst.app. I can bookmark an OP post, and flag it. But if I do both, then the bookmark state resets. As a result, when trying to bookmark again, it gives an error that I can’t bookmark the post twice.…

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## [Average number of members' replies per topic (excluding staff)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/average-number-of-members-replies-per-topic-excluding-staff/290618)

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**Author:** [@Eloïse\_Barrège](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Elo%C3%AFse_Barr%C3%A8ge)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 10:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/average-number-of-members-replies-per-topic-excluding-staff/290618 "2024-01-15T10:24:17Z")

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First of all, happy new year !! :tada: I would like to know the SQL query to use to obtain the average number of replies per topic made by users (excluding admins) per month. Otherwise a way to have a ratio of the tota…

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## [All topic first posts have a ToC button on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-topic-first-posts-have-a-toc-button-on-mobile/288304)

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**Author:** [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/all-topic-first-posts-have-a-toc-button-on-mobile/288304 "2023-12-11T22:48:14Z")

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Just started seeing this, every post (even posts like this one without a ToC) have the ToC button now, though it opens a large empty window.

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