# Hot

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## [Virus scanning of uploaded files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/virus-scanning-of-uploaded-files/85519)

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**Author:** [@crispygoth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/crispygoth)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 5:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/virus-scanning-of-uploaded-files/85519 "2021-02-18T05:50:45Z")

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I’m currently looking into integrating Discourse with our existing web systems to provide a discussion forum for our site’s users. One of the requirements of our platform is that all uploaded files are checked for viruse…

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## [Post message with Media](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-message-with-media/85526)

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**Author:** [@SHAYHK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SHAYHK)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-message-with-media/85526 "2018-04-17T10:54:10Z")

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can someone send me an example for sending a post request (api) that includes media : video, images, audio .. i am trying to use Discourse API.

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## [Possible to override a core file functionality?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-override-a-core-file-functionality/85530)

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**Author:** [@Mihir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mihir)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-override-a-core-file-functionality/85530 "2018-04-17T14:17:26Z")

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Is it possible to override functions of discourse/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/lib/click-track.js.es6 with slightly modified one? I want to change line #46 I am looking for a method which won’t lose changes when di…

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## [Cannot access to trustLevel "name"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-to-trustlevel-name/85541)

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**Author:** [@duranmla](https://meta.discourse.org/u/duranmla)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-to-trustlevel-name/85541 "2018-04-17T14:34:21Z")

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Hi all, Basically I am trying to accomplish a sort of flair around all the avatars within my platform which by now it is not a problem it is somewhere similar to the work done at: GitHub - tshenry/discourse-trust-level-…

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## [Can we have a suggestions tag or section please?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-a-suggestions-tag-or-section-please/85549)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-we-have-a-suggestions-tag-or-section-please/85549 "2018-04-17T16:29:18Z")

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I’m prefixing titles with Suggestion:, is that the best way to post suggestions? Would it be useful to have a suggestions category or tag?

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## [Message 'receiver' not in view until they reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-receiver-not-in-view-until-they-reply/85553)

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**Author:** [@Dani1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dani1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-receiver-not-in-view-until-they-reply/85553 "2018-04-24T18:15:44Z")

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Hi! When sending a message to someone, the interface only shows the subject line, not the receiver. That had me stymied for a bit, until i mailed ‘myself’ (other account) and realised the user doesn’t appear until they…

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## [\[Paid\] Need infinity scroll disabled on homepage, category and sub category pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-infinity-scroll-disabled-on-homepage-category-and-sub-category-pages/85554)

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**Author:** [@discouser](https://meta.discourse.org/u/discouser)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-need-infinity-scroll-disabled-on-homepage-category-and-sub-category-pages/85554 "2018-04-17T19:31:48Z")

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What would you like done? We just need a simple plugin which will disable infinity scroll on homepage, category and sub category pages. Even if some JS in header or footer will do the job, it’s OK with us. When do you …

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## [Feature suggestion: "add tag" popup should suggest likely tags based on topic content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-suggestion-add-tag-popup-should-suggest-likely-tags-based-on-topic-content/85556)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 3:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/feature-suggestion-add-tag-popup-should-suggest-likely-tags-based-on-topic-content/85556 "2021-01-19T15:26:25Z")

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With my slightly OCD tendency, I often trawl through topics adding tags. Opening the tag drop-down shows five popular tags (I assume, the most popular?). Here’s an idea - how about making the suggested tags a bit smart…

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## [Log in to Rocketchat with Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-in-to-rocketchat-with-discourse/85559)

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**Author:** [@DrOpossum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DrOpossum)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/log-in-to-rocketchat-with-discourse/85559 "2019-10-21T16:40:44Z")

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Hey there, I would like to connect my Discourse to my self-hosted rocketchat server. It’s possible to log in via OAuth, CAS and SAML. Details can be found here: https://rocket.chat/docs/administrator-guides/authenticati…

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## [Promote or demote suggestions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/promote-or-demote-suggestions/85564)

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**Author:** [@SidV](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SidV)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/promote-or-demote-suggestions/85564 "2018-04-17T22:38:52Z")

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With this message I was wondering why these categories do not have the voting plugin enabled? Taking advantage that it is an official plugin, it would be interesting that we put it into practice here What do you thin…

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## [Tracking approvals in Staff Actions](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-approvals-in-staff-actions/85574)

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**Author:** [@jordan1909](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan1909)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tracking-approvals-in-staff-actions/85574 "2018-04-23T06:13:13Z")

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Is there a way or is it on the roadmap to add a log message to the staff actions log when a topic or post is approved by a moderator? The concern I see is that say moderator x approves a topic and then forgets it or it c…

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## [Reuse Discourse Hamburger Functionality](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reuse-discourse-hamburger-functionality/85578)

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**Author:** [@sarahann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sarahann)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reuse-discourse-hamburger-functionality/85578 "2020-07-10T05:38:46Z")

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Hello Discourse Team! I am using the discourse CLI Install the Discourse Theme CLI console app to help you build themes and the plugin API A versioned API for client side plugins to help me create my theme. I have adde…

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## [Execute JavaScript code from a plugin once after load](https://meta.discourse.org/t/execute-javascript-code-from-a-plugin-once-after-load/85580)

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**Author:** [@eatcodetravel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eatcodetravel)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 12:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/execute-javascript-code-from-a-plugin-once-after-load/85580 "2018-04-18T00:10:26Z")

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Hello!, I’m looking a way to execute JavaScript code after Discourse has finished loading. I’m using the following approach as I’ve seen it some plugins. // Inside an initializer export default { name: 'my-initialize…

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## [Deleting tags in a round-about manner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-tags-in-a-round-about-manner/85584)

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**Author:** [@jerry0](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jerry0)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 10, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deleting-tags-in-a-round-about-manner/85584 "2018-07-10T17:43:31Z")

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It seems particularly difficult to delete a tag from the system. In particular, if you have no current topics with the tag attached (for example if you have removed them all to delete the tag or if you have created a ta…

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## [Login with federated social networks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-with-federated-social-networks/85586)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/login-with-federated-social-networks/85586 "2018-04-18T06:31:22Z")

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Using Font Awesome for the icons to social services works great for commercial services, since most if not all of the prominent ones have their icons there. However, those of us using free / open source social services a…

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## [The MEGATOPIC: public good, or public menace?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-megatopic-public-good-or-public-menace/85592)

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**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-megatopic-public-good-or-public-menace/85592 "2021-04-04T01:16:50Z")

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When we founded Discourse in 2013, I had the idea that we’d support topics of any length or size, from 10 replies to 100 to 10,000 to 100,000 or even more! A few years ago we ran into a technical limitation where we …

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## [Group rename and group owners removal problems](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-rename-and-group-owners-removal-problems/85596)

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**Author:** [@GuidoD](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GuidoD)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 7, 2018, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/group-rename-and-group-owners-removal-problems/85596 "2018-05-07T06:00:22Z")

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I noticed that there is a bug in the new group management functions. (just migrated to the latest release Version v2.0.0.beta6 +52 2.0.0.beta6 but I had this problem already in one of the latest beta5 builds) it look…

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## [Discourse based roles/access on Discord](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-based-roles-access-on-discord/85597)

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**Author:** [@Daniel\_Nevoigt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Daniel_Nevoigt)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-based-roles-access-on-discord/85597 "2020-01-29T23:20:15Z")

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Hope I am in the correct category…Tried to search about that feature, but did not find anything. I am woundering if there allready exists a discourse plugin which gives access roles on a specific discord server, based o…

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## [Assign should invite?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-should-invite/85605)

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**Author:** [@carlokok](https://meta.discourse.org/u/carlokok)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 11:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-should-invite/85605 "2018-04-18T11:16:53Z")

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Should assigning an issue also invite that user (presuming they don’t have access) ?

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## [Allow hiding of muted topics from categories page on mobile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-hiding-of-muted-topics-from-categories-page-on-mobile/85613)

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**Author:** [@seanblue](https://meta.discourse.org/u/seanblue)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-hiding-of-muted-topics-from-categories-page-on-mobile/85613 "2019-08-30T22:07:39Z")

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I’m using https://community.wanikani.com. On mobile, if I go to the home page, I see each category and the most recent three topics in each category. However, this list of topics sometimes include topics that have been m…

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## [Show "silenced" as avatar flair for silenced users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-silenced-as-avatar-flair-for-silenced-users/85617)

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**Author:** [@Vespura](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vespura)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 8:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-silenced-as-avatar-flair-for-silenced-users/85617 "2023-06-07T08:01:14Z")

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(Not sure if this should be posted in Contribute \> UX or Contribute \> Feature, feel free to move it if it’s in the wrong place). Currently there is no easy way for staff to see if a user is silenced, without going to th…

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## [User can't post: 500 internal server error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cant-post-500-internal-server-error/85624)

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**Author:** [@Dani1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dani1)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-cant-post-500-internal-server-error/85624 "2018-04-18T21:26:48Z")

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My users come in at trust level 1, so they should have all basic user functions, correct? But they can’t create posts. Am I missing something? i’ve looked at other 500/internal server error posts in ‘support’, but have…

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## [Letting users choose whether to show Full Name](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-choose-whether-to-show-full-name/85626)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Heraud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Heraud)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2021, 11:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-choose-whether-to-show-full-name/85626 "2021-02-03T23:01:58Z")

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We use SSO on our Discourse forum, and we would like to grab the forum users’ Full Names from our database, however we would also like to respect our users’ right to privacy, and as there is no option to hide these if th…

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## [Error when posting invalid email address](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-posting-invalid-email-address/85631)

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**Author:** [@ixeft](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ixeft)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 10:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/error-when-posting-invalid-email-address/85631 "2018-04-19T10:30:08Z")

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When creating a subject containing a quote block with an email address, user get an «internal server error», The problem appeared since upgrade to last version of discourse.

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## [Various issues after rebuilding](https://meta.discourse.org/t/various-issues-after-rebuilding/85639)

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**Author:** [@Mihir](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mihir)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/various-issues-after-rebuilding/85639 "2018-04-19T03:13:53Z")

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I installed discourse on a subdirectory recently, everything seemed fine. After rebuilding it, I have started facing various issues. I tried rebuilding again, with no success. Images (logo) went missing - returns 404. …

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## [Semi-private Discourse forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/semi-private-discourse-forum/85641)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Heraud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Heraud)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/semi-private-discourse-forum/85641 "2018-05-17T16:54:41Z")

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We have a private forum at the moment where only users that have registered on our website can then log in (through SSO) to access the forum. However, we’d like to make the forum semi-private. I would like for anyone (p…

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## [Install on vps problem?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-vps-problem/85648)

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**Author:** [@Brekila1312](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Brekila1312)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-on-vps-problem/85648 "2018-04-19T20:26:37Z")

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If port 80 and 443 are already taken, how do i make discourse use other ports?

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## [Embedding - Stuck on "Loading Discussion"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-stuck-on-loading-discussion/85655)

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**Author:** [@Nopsled](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nopsled)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/embedding-stuck-on-loading-discussion/85655 "2018-04-19T02:19:15Z")

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Any chance you can take a look the following URL … Example of “Loading Discussion” Not sure what’s happening as the request responds with a 200 status but never gets beyond “Loading Discussion”. Thanks for the eyes.

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## [Custom User Field auto-filled on creation?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-auto-filled-on-creation/85656)

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**Author:** [@Denis\_Heraud](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Denis_Heraud)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-user-field-auto-filled-on-creation/85656 "2018-04-19T12:40:57Z")

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I created my first Custom User Field (text, see screenshot) but somehow it got auto-filled to “No”… Why does that happen, and how can create a field without it being assigned a value? Until users fill them out I would mu…

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## [Thinking of switching from NodeBB to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thinking-of-switching-from-nodebb-to-discourse/85658)

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**Author:** [@tehspaceg](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tehspaceg)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/thinking-of-switching-from-nodebb-to-discourse/85658 "2018-06-10T16:04:16Z")

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I wasn’t sure where this was meant to live, so Uncategorized seemed like a decent place. I’m thinking of swapping over from NodeBB to Discourse. It seems like Discourse is a little further along and has more core functi…

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