# Hot **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=385 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 386 --- ## [Why start a forum at all ? Trying to understand motivations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-start-a-forum-at-all-trying-to-understand-motivations/4248)
**Author:** [@varshakarthik08](https://meta.discourse.org/u/varshakarthik08)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-start-a-forum-at-all-trying-to-understand-motivations/4248 "2013-02-28T23:04:06Z")
I am only trying to understand. Is the motivation to start something cool, engage people in a healthy way and help community or is the end goal be able to monetize it ? Hope my question doesn’t come across as flame - but… --- ## [Who owns the content you post on a forum? aka, User Content Licensing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-owns-the-content-you-post-on-a-forum-aka-user-content-licensing/4261)
**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frandallfarmer)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/who-owns-the-content-you-post-on-a-forum-aka-user-content-licensing/4261 "2013-06-21T14:30:59Z")
\##Preamble## We’re working on forum customization features, and are looking for feedback on the TOS and especially our plans for User Content (Contributions) Licensing. What follows is a series of 5 posts discussing th… --- ## [Combining trust system and pre-moderation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combining-trust-system-and-pre-moderation/4556)
**Author:** [@aja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aja)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2015, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/combining-trust-system-and-pre-moderation/4556 "2015-07-30T22:02:35Z")
So let’s assume your community wants pre-moderation of all posts by members with a trust level of 0. One option is to have all 0-level posts enter a queue for admin approval. This is effective, but is completely depend… --- ## [The Universal Rules of Civilized Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-universal-rules-of-civilized-discourse/4705)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-universal-rules-of-civilized-discourse/4705 "2014-09-08T01:47:20Z")
Feel free to comment on the blog, too, but I wanted to open this up to a fuller discussion here as well: The principles in the default Discourse community behavior FAQ were distilled, as best we could, from the commo… --- ## [Schadenfreude as an Enforcement Tactic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/schadenfreude-as-an-enforcement-tactic/4749)
**Author:** [@Hanzo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Hanzo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2013, 8:07am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/schadenfreude-as-an-enforcement-tactic/4749 "2013-06-29T08:07:55Z")
One of the fundamental leadership tactics that I continue to hear from mentors is “Praise in public, scold in private”. However, I continue to see examples of community moderators that break this rule, yet continue to re… --- ## [Just-in-time behavior nudging](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-in-time-behavior-nudging/4829)
**Author:** [@aja](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aja)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/just-in-time-behavior-nudging/4829 "2022-05-19T16:00:47Z")
So obviously this would be for communities with very high standards for behavior/etc. What would you all think about the usefulness of running some sort of basic semantic analysis (or even just word matching) on new pos… --- ## [Google to kill pff Google groups?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-to-kill-pff-google-groups/4911)
**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frandallfarmer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-to-kill-pff-google-groups/4911 "2013-03-19T20:03:43Z")
http://www.wired.com/business/2013/03/five-google-products-at-risk/ In a section about Google Groups… Google Groups has the stink of neglect about it. Serious online groups tend to move off the platform and into custo… --- ## [Should Discourse require reading to gain initial trust?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-require-reading-to-gain-initial-trust/5081)
**Author:** [@frandallfarmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frandallfarmer)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-discourse-require-reading-to-gain-initial-trust/5081 "2016-04-30T13:17:36Z")
I just went through signing up and trying to post something with links/images at ENWorld. They have a “must make 10 posts before you can post images/urls” rule. That was very painful and has lead to people running aroun… --- ## [An old Jive employee: So happy to discover Discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-old-jive-employee-so-happy-to-discover-discourse/5166)
**Author:** [@lightbody](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lightbody)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-old-jive-employee-so-happy-to-discover-discourse/5166 "2013-03-24T04:40:59Z")
I just want to say how happy I am that Discourse exists. I was one of the first handful of employees at Jive Software, which was one of the very first commercial forums software vendors. Since then, they’ve expanded and… --- ## [What is "Site Feedback"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-site-feedback/5249)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-site-feedback/5249 "2013-03-25T22:00:52Z")
Why do we need a Site Feedback category? This is where communities come together to decide who they are and what they are about. This is a place is for the people who enjoy the forum so much that they want to go beyond … --- ## [About the Blog category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-blog-category/5250)
**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/about-the-blog-category/5250 "2013-03-25T22:40:28Z")
For discussion about posts on the official Discourse Blog. Comments here also appear at the bottom of each blog post. --- ## [Forums, As Seen On TV](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forums-as-seen-on-tv/5366)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forums-as-seen-on-tv/5366 "2013-04-19T20:20:08Z")
This brief clip from the season 7 finale of the television show 30 Rock skewers stereotypically snarky Internet forum culture. The action starts at 25 seconds in. This topic is for comments on the origina… --- ## [Our First Partner: How-To Geek](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-first-partner-how-to-geek/5575)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2014, 9:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/our-first-partner-how-to-geek/5575 "2014-11-08T09:01:16Z")
It’s been almost exactly two months since we launched Discourse, and I’m pleased to announce that yesterday we launched the first of our three partners: That’s right, How-To Geek! This topic is for comments on the ori… --- ## [Discourse as Your First Rails App](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-your-first-rails-app/5751 "2018-01-18T20:25:46Z")
If you’re a developer, but have never touched Ruby on Rails, we understand how you feel. We were there once! Sometimes diving into a new language and codebase can make you feel like this: The good news is that Discourse … --- ## [Stop Forum Spam - Spam Countermeasures](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-spam-countermeasures/5823)
**Author:** [@deweydb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/deweydb)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2019, 2:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/stop-forum-spam-spam-countermeasures/5823 "2019-06-22T02:40:20Z")
I am considering switching my main forum http://www.glitchhopforum.com to discourse, but i am concerned about spam prevention. That board gets quite a lot of spam attempts, which have been pretty much completely decima… --- ## [Do we have to buy a Discourse license to use Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-to-buy-a-discourse-license-to-use-discourse/5843)
**Author:** [@davidshq](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidshq)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-we-have-to-buy-a-discourse-license-to-use-discourse/5843 "2021-05-20T17:05:39Z")
I’m thinking about using Discourse on a number of sites I run - some non-profit, some for-profit. I was wondering if for commercial purposes folks will have to buy licenses? Or simply that there will be commercial suppor… --- ## [The Discourse Servers](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-servers/5898)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2013, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-discourse-servers/5898 "2013-11-29T20:14:35Z")
Originally published at: The Discourse Servers When we moved to our new datacenter, I didn’t elaborate on exactly what sort of hardware we have in the rack. But now I will. There are 13 servers here now, all variously nu… --- ## [What is Discourse's policy on penetration testing and reporting security bugs?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-discourses-policy-on-penetration-testing-and-reporting-security-bugs/6004)
**Author:** [@Iszi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Iszi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-discourses-policy-on-penetration-testing-and-reporting-security-bugs/6004 "2014-05-19T01:38:55Z")
Security vulnerabilities in IT systems and applications are becoming more and more of a hot topic these days. Different organizations have different policies regarding the acceptance of volunteer penetration testers’ eff… --- ## [Some statistics about topics NOT created?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-statistics-about-topics-not-created/6186)
**Author:** [@PabloC](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PabloC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-statistics-about-topics-not-created/6186 "2015-05-11T17:25:22Z")
I’m interested to see a any metric about how many people does not create a post because finds a relevant answer in the Topic Popup, specially in this community, or in HowToGeek. I mean, this popup is fantastic, it helps… --- ## [Where to get discourse\_org\_access\_key?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-get-discourse-org-access-key/6547)
**Author:** [@zachlatta](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zachlatta)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/where-to-get-discourse-org-access-key/6547 "2014-07-16T16:33:23Z")
Hello everyone. I just set up a Discourse installation on my VPS. I’d like to check usernames against the Discourse Hub. Where can I get the discourse\_org\_access\_key required for this (if it exists)? Thanks. --- ## [Blowing Discourse Up to Make It Root for Public Hybrid Goverance & Public Intelligence (Decision-Support and Decision-Making)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blowing-discourse-up-to-make-it-root-for-public-hybrid-goverance-public-intelligence-decision-support-and-decision-making/6670)
**Author:** [@robert\_david\_st](https://meta.discourse.org/u/robert_david_st)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/blowing-discourse-up-to-make-it-root-for-public-hybrid-goverance-public-intelligence-decision-support-and-decision-making/6670 "2013-05-19T18:35:56Z")
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Jeff Atwood jatwood@codinghorror.com wrote: Could you perhaps post this to http://meta.discourse.org for feedback? On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:17 AM, Robert Steele robert.david.steele.vi… --- ## [Your Online Clubhouse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-online-clubhouse/6744)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/your-online-clubhouse/6744 "2013-05-23T16:07:47Z")
I’ve gotten in the habit of explaining Discourse to people as a clubhouse. A place on the Internet that belongs exclusively to you and your friends — whether you have 10 friends or a few hundred thousand. There’s a big d… --- ## [Storing Images in the cloud](https://meta.discourse.org/t/storing-images-in-the-cloud/6779)
**Author:** [@colin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/colin)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2015, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/storing-images-in-the-cloud/6779 "2015-04-02T06:23:18Z")
My project tonight is to get image hosting working. After a recent upgrade it looks like something got screwed up. When I redeploy, the images get b0rked. There are 3 option I’m exploring and dang nabbit, I’m going to… --- ## [Discourse first impressions (spoiler alert: it's amazing)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-first-impressions-spoiler-alert-its-amazing/7112)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-first-impressions-spoiler-alert-its-amazing/7112 "2013-07-26T01:32:20Z")
Let’s start with the good stuff, or as I like to call it: HOLYSHITYES: Incoming/outgoing links Just likes, no rating Beautiful, so beautiful Expandable & traceable quotes (you know what the best part is? 20 minutes i… --- ## [Change the "Like" icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-like-icon/7460)
**Author:** [@stevebaer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stevebaer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2018, 10:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-like-icon/7460 "2018-05-18T10:49:27Z")
Is there an easy way to change the the heart icon for “liking” a post to something else like thumbs up? --- ## [Configure passenger to allow Twitter login when using Varnish](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-passenger-to-allow-twitter-login-when-using-varnish/7582)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2014, 2:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configure-passenger-to-allow-twitter-login-when-using-varnish/7582 "2014-01-01T02:03:59Z")
Not really a bug, since it’s not Discourse’s fault at all, so I figured I’d stick this in support. Flipped on Google/Yahoo/Twitter authentication today at the request of a user, and because eh, why not—I personally woul… --- ## [New posts, read posts, unread posts - I like this](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-posts-read-posts-unread-posts-i-like-this/7618)
**Author:** [@Lee\_Ars](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lee_Ars)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-posts-read-posts-unread-posts-i-like-this/7618 "2013-06-23T06:19:47Z")
As I fiddle more with Discourse, here and at the other sites that have popped up, I’m beginning to wrap my head more around the options for managing my “state” in the flow of topics. At first I was a little put off by th… --- ## [Meta Discourse now for logged in users only?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-now-for-logged-in-users-only/7779)
**Author:** [@kewubenduben](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kewubenduben)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/meta-discourse-now-for-logged-in-users-only/7779 "2013-06-26T07:06:39Z")
Is this a bug or intentional? I tried browsing in meta from different workstation. We are excited to have you participate in Discourse Meta. Please create an account or login to continue. On other hand, I tried to lo… --- ## [Forums Are Dead, Long Live Forums](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forums-are-dead-long-live-forums/7933)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/forums-are-dead-long-live-forums/7933 "2013-06-30T09:17:19Z")
Here’s my ForumCon 2013 keynote, Forums Are Dead, Long Live Forums — you’ll have to juxtapose the video with the slides manually, unfortunately, but here they are side by side. People seemed to really enjoy it, and I thi… --- ## [Plugin Idea: Thread Updates](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-thread-updates/7973)
**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-idea-thread-updates/7973 "2013-07-10T16:06:30Z")
Continuing the discussion from What is the most awesome plugin for Discourse, that does not yet exist?: Thread Updates Many development-centered forums have a special thread structure that goes something like this: T… [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=384) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/hot.md?page=386)