# Hot

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## [User admin panel broken due to timestamp out of range](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-admin-panel-broken-due-to-timestamp-out-of-range/30967)

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**Author:** [@bweissman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bweissman)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-admin-panel-broken-due-to-timestamp-out-of-range/30967 "2015-07-12T00:04:01Z")

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I went to edit a user today and I was presented with the following error: :frowning: Error while trying to load Something went wrong. Go Back Try Again I am unsure what the problem is, and did not make any major c…

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## [Announcing WordPress plugin to display any data from Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announcing-wordpress-plugin-to-display-any-data-from-discourse/30968)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/announcing-wordpress-plugin-to-display-any-data-from-discourse/30968 "2019-03-13T05:25:42Z")

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Finally, a universal WordPress plugin that fetches anything from Discourse and outputs it in your blog. Dear Discourse community! I have been using Discourse for almost 2 years, mostly combining it with WordPress. As a…

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## [«Paid Membership» plugin with PayPal integration! (version 3.0, 2015-08-31)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-membership-plugin-with-paypal-integration-version-3-0-2015-08-31/30972)

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**Author:** [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)\
**Replies:** 33\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-membership-plugin-with-paypal-integration-version-3-0-2015-08-31/30972 "2018-09-24T14:57:01Z")

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«Paid Membership» plugin gives you an ability to sell membership, access, privileges, and trust levels on your Discourse forum. Live Example You can see a live example here: https://discourse.pro/plans More, you can tr…

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## [Can users trial site then be prompted to sign up after say 10 minutes?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-users-trial-site-then-be-prompted-to-sign-up-after-say-10-minutes/30978)

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**Author:** [@rowanjamesmiller](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rowanjamesmiller)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-users-trial-site-then-be-prompted-to-sign-up-after-say-10-minutes/30978 "2016-04-13T04:22:57Z")

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Our site has a bounce rate of around 50%. We’re hoping to reduce that by allowing people to view the entire site for say 10 page views without signing up, and then after that they are prompted to signup. Is there any fea…

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## [The term "ost.io" creates trouble for search](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-term-ost-io-creates-trouble-for-search/30982)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-term-ost-io-creates-trouble-for-search/30982 "2015-08-10T12:21:04Z")

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Search “ost.io” and you won’t find this thread: https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-do-what-ost-io-does/11737 Which has ost.io in both the title and the post body.

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## [Avatar doing a 90 degree rotation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-doing-a-90-degree-rotation/30983)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 7:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-doing-a-90-degree-rotation/30983 "2015-07-13T07:29:34Z")

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Yo @etewiah, how’re you doing that?

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## [Change "max replies in first day" to not apply to messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-max-replies-in-first-day-to-not-apply-to-messages/30984)

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**Author:** [@kensims](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kensims)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-max-replies-in-first-day-to-not-apply-to-messages/30984 "2015-07-11T19:44:11Z")

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I had a user run in the “max replies in first day” Rate Limit. The user sent me a message, to which I replied. The user could not reply back because of the rate limit. Can this limit be made to NOT apply to messages? …

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## [User admin panel fails to load after making a change](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-admin-panel-fails-to-load-after-making-a-change/30986)

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**Author:** [@michaelbrnd](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaelbrnd)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-admin-panel-fails-to-load-after-making-a-change/30986 "2015-07-13T07:55:45Z")

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Hi, I am having a problem with my user admin page, the one at the url “/admin/users/\[username\]” When the account is new, I can enter this page just fine, but once I make a single change to any category, I can never ente…

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## [Downloading remote images disabled due to disk space](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-remote-images-disabled-due-to-disk-space/30992)

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**Author:** [@rnovino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rnovino)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 12:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/downloading-remote-images-disabled-due-to-disk-space/30992 "2020-12-01T00:44:25Z")

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I just received this notification on my discourse how to fix? The download\_remote\_images\_to\_local setting was disabled because the disk space limit at download\_remote\_images\_threshold was reached.

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## [String translation missing](https://meta.discourse.org/t/string-translation-missing/30998)

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**Author:** [@joao\_pimentel\_ferrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/joao_pimentel_ferrei)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/string-translation-missing/30998 "2015-07-12T21:38:23Z")

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For some weeks ago, we stopped seeing the translation of this string I tried to search the string on Transifex, but I couldn’t, so I guess it may be a bug!

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## [Splitting a topic and moving replies to a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-a-topic-and-moving-replies-to-a-new-topic/30999)

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**Author:** [@iamntz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iamntz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/splitting-a-topic-and-moving-replies-to-a-new-topic/30999 "2020-04-30T16:04:58Z")

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Most of my users complains that splitting a new topic is not very obvious. I mean the newly created topic have only a small side reference to the original posts, just like there is a link into the topic. My workaround u…

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## [Cannot delete banner post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-banner-post/31004)

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**Author:** [@Ricardo\_Viteri](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ricardo_Viteri)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-delete-banner-post/31004 "2018-07-18T04:12:58Z")

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After removing the banner it still shows to both public and logged in users. Please advise

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## [Full-page search confuses the record of the latest post you read](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-confuses-the-record-of-the-latest-post-you-read/31007)

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**Author:** [@yamikuronue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yamikuronue)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/full-page-search-confuses-the-record-of-the-latest-post-you-read/31007 "2015-07-14T23:28:38Z")

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This is affecting me heavily on WTDWTF; when I click on a topic that has updates on the topic list, I frequently am taken to a post that is dozens, hundreds, or in one case a thousand posts higher than the actual new pos…

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## [Customization not saving](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-not-saving/31012)

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**Author:** [@fseno](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fseno)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 10:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customization-not-saving/31012 "2015-07-13T10:21:52Z")

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I have the same problem as this thread: https://meta.discourse.org/t/html-css-customization-not-saving-on-ipad-cant-access-discourse-on-desktop/29505 I did everything as what they have instructed except the last one, w…

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## [New posts counter recalculated when filtering on new posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-posts-counter-recalculated-when-filtering-on-new-posts/31016)

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**Author:** [@Sander78](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sander78)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-posts-counter-recalculated-when-filtering-on-new-posts/31016 "2015-07-13T21:11:04Z")

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When going to the Discourse main page, I see (in this example) there are 29 new posts. But when I click on New (29) to filter those posts, the number is changed to 24. This happens a lot of times, sometimes the number ev…

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## [Error when inviting new users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-inviting-new-users/31022)

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**Author:** [@marchdoe](https://meta.discourse.org/u/marchdoe)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-inviting-new-users/31022 "2015-07-14T03:39:53Z")

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Seeing a console error when trying to invite new users. This only started appearing after upgrading to 1.4.0.beta4, and occurs on the admin/users/list/active page when clicking on the “send invites” button. Console err…

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## [Plugin suggestion - Set "watching" as default for a specific category on user signup](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-suggestion-set-watching-as-default-for-a-specific-category-on-user-signup/31024)

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**Author:** [@adierteschik](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adierteschik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/plugin-suggestion-set-watching-as-default-for-a-specific-category-on-user-signup/31024 "2015-11-18T20:29:52Z")

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Hey, I’m looking for a way to add every new user as a “watcher” in an updates category automatically as he/she signs up for our discourse instance. All I could find were instructions on how to run a specific piece of c…

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## [Problem logging in using SSO plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-logging-in-using-sso-plugin/31028)

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**Author:** [@fseno](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fseno)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-logging-in-using-sso-plugin/31028 "2015-07-13T22:26:20Z")

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When I try to login from my wp site, i get this error: Too many redirects occurred trying to open. discourse site is here: http://forum.mercenarytrader.com could it be that the secret key has changed? Tried to rebuild …

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## [Body is invalid; try to be a little more descriptive - despite having changed all the settings I can find](https://meta.discourse.org/t/body-is-invalid-try-to-be-a-little-more-descriptive-despite-having-changed-all-the-settings-i-can-find/31032)

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**Author:** [@Stelmsind](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stelmsind)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/body-is-invalid-try-to-be-a-little-more-descriptive-despite-having-changed-all-the-settings-i-can-find/31032 "2019-03-03T22:17:18Z")

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Hey, On short posts I’m still getting: Body is invalid; try to be a little more descriptive But I have set all of the following configuration: min post length: 1 min first post length: 1 body min entropy: 1 min to…

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## [Showing title edit and category changes as replies](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-title-edit-and-category-changes-as-replies/31034)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-title-edit-and-category-changes-as-replies/31034 "2015-07-14T13:15:29Z")

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As part of the “muting” of staff messages @eviltrout will be working on maybe late this week or possibly next week… This will extend to many other topic state changes: pin, archive, banner, unlist, and so forth. Any …

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## [Cannot invite a group to a message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-invite-a-group-to-a-message/31040)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2016, 6:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-invite-a-group-to-a-message/31040 "2016-06-20T06:33:22Z")

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If you use the Invite Others... button in a message… …I cannot invite a group to the message, even though I have the necessary permissions. I currently have the same issue for topic invites, although I am sure they h…

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## [Convert Unicode standard emojis to selected emoji set](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-unicode-standard-emojis-to-selected-emoji-set/31041)

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**Author:** [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 14, 2015, 11:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-unicode-standard-emojis-to-selected-emoji-set/31041 "2015-07-14T23:16:19Z")

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I’ve recently gotten accustomed to inserting emojis via keyboard and I noticed that the emojis will remain the inserted set rather than be converted to the set selected in the Discourse settings. :frog: :frog: v. U+1F…

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## [Images sometimes don't keep their sizes](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-sometimes-dont-keep-their-sizes/31042)

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**Author:** [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/images-sometimes-dont-keep-their-sizes/31042 "2015-07-15T05:32:25Z")

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If you… post an image, manually setting the size edit the post and change the size …sometimes, a few seconds after editing, your image reverts to the original size. Recording from try.discourse.org:

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## [How to backup Docker discourse from command-line before rebuilding broken Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-docker-discourse-from-command-line-before-rebuilding-broken-discourse/31052)

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**Author:** [@trudat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/trudat)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2019, 3:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-backup-docker-discourse-from-command-line-before-rebuilding-broken-discourse/31052 "2019-05-23T15:20:39Z")

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I set up a Discourse site, and a couple days later it suddenly stopped working - tries to load for a couple minutes then “This web page is not available - ERR\_CONNECTION\_RESET”. It might be a RAM issue. I am ready to us…

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## [Trouble with activation links with web port other than 80, again](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-activation-links-with-web-port-other-than-80-again/31056)

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**Author:** [@Blaisorblade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Blaisorblade)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trouble-with-activation-links-with-web-port-other-than-80-again/31056 "2016-01-25T17:21:18Z")

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I just installed discourse through Docker, running on port 8008 (because port 80 is unavailable, and I’m not going to setup reverse proxying for now). Yet, activation links don’t include port 8008 so they don’t work unle…

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## [Latest post view reports new posts for filtered categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-post-view-reports-new-posts-for-filtered-categories/31057)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-post-view-reports-new-posts-for-filtered-categories/31057 "2021-07-06T01:27:11Z")

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Relatively straightforward one, we filter out one category from our latest view due to the sheer volume of posts which are filed under it. AFAIK the method we use to filter, Latest,-News, is the correct/supported way to…

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## [Post age times aren't visually consistent](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-age-times-arent-visually-consistent/31058)

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**Author:** [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-age-times-arent-visually-consistent/31058 "2015-08-30T16:20:47Z")

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I can understand why it might be happening, but it’s a little confusing to see post ages rounded up to 24h rather than 1d, particularly when those 24h posts are preceded by posts 1d old.

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## [Which Linux distro for production server?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-linux-distro-for-production-server/31059)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-linux-distro-for-production-server/31059 "2015-07-28T22:09:47Z")

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I’m considering the following: CentOS 7.1 Debian 8.1 Ubuntu 14.04 I’ve used CentOS for quite a few years and have always been extremely happy with how solid and reliable it has been. However of late, I’ve felt that it…

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## [Use danger button when deletion and non-recoverable action](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-danger-button-when-deletion-and-non-recoverable-action/31060)

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**Author:** [@fantasticfears](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fantasticfears)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-danger-button-when-deletion-and-non-recoverable-action/31060 "2015-07-15T01:37:30Z")

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Canceling a draft is an non-recoverable action, a red button would emphasize the action.

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## [Whats the difference between pm messages and topic replies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-pm-messages-and-topic-replies/31072)

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**Author:** [@h1onE](https://meta.discourse.org/u/h1onE)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-difference-between-pm-messages-and-topic-replies/31072 "2015-07-16T12:03:52Z")

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I noteced that they both are very similar but pm messages have not as much functionalty as topic replies have, why?

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