# Latest

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## [Cannot access backup of dev version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-backup-of-dev-version/174615)

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**Author:** [@epsteindidnt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/epsteindidnt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-access-backup-of-dev-version/174615 "2020-12-30T15:54:48Z")

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Hi, I have set up a dev version and imported a FluxBB forum into it. I made a backup of the dev version from within my admin account (seems straightforward) and now I understand I need to take that backup and import it…

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## [E-mails to be sent per hour setting](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mails-to-be-sent-per-hour-setting/174586)

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**Author:** [@ozkn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ozkn)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 11:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/e-mails-to-be-sent-per-hour-setting/174586 "2020-12-30T11:18:26Z")

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e-mails to be sent per hour setting. This setting will be useful for forums with a large number of users.

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## [Nombre d'answers dans l'infobulle sur Discourse français incorrect](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-answers-in-tooltip-on-french-discourse-incorrect/174309)

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**Author:** [@patrickemin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/patrickemin)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/number-of-answers-in-tooltip-on-french-discourse-incorrect/174309 "2020-12-30T11:45:40Z")

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Bonjour, il y a un bug dans la traduction française de Discourse, le nombre de réponses à un sujet est incorrectement indiqué comme 1 dans l'info-bulle, même pour les sujets qui n'ont pas de réponses : Ce bug n'existe pas dans le Discourse anglais…

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## [Category & Tag selector hidden in mobile for specific pages but visible in desktop](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-tag-selector-hidden-in-mobile-for-specific-pages-but-visible-in-desktop/174251)

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**Author:** [@gingerman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gingerman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-tag-selector-hidden-in-mobile-for-specific-pages-but-visible-in-desktop/174251 "2020-12-30T08:49:52Z")

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Category Selector & Tag Selector Dropdowns are missing in the following pages for mobile view but visible in desktop view Categories Page - Categories - Discourse Meta Global Tag Page - Topics tagged official (just an …

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## [Tool to remove email addresses from posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tool-to-remove-email-addresses-from-posts/174582)

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**Author:** [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 10:34am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tool-to-remove-email-addresses-from-posts/174582 "2020-12-30T10:34:55Z")

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What would you like done? Our forum was migrated from a mailing list platform, and many posts contain email addresses, for example “email me at xyz@gmail.com” or in a signature block at the end of the post. For privacy …

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## [Is there any way to listen User login event using Theme component](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-listen-user-login-event-using-theme-component/170976)

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**Author:** [@Saurabh\_Khandelwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saurabh_Khandelwal)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 8:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-listen-user-login-event-using-theme-component/170976 "2020-12-30T08:41:18Z")

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Hi All, I want to display the Popup box using the Theme component when the User login first time. 1. I have tried to override the login action of the login controller using Theme component to display the Popup box whil…

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## [Sendgrid is driving me up the wall!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sendgrid-is-driving-me-up-the-wall/174539)

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**Author:** [@Eman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eman)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sendgrid-is-driving-me-up-the-wall/174539 "2020-12-30T04:39:41Z")

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Hi! I’ve been trying to get Discourse up and running (armed only with Google and no real knowledge of Ubuntu or anything else). The page is up and running, but when I try and register as the admin, I don’t receive the em…

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## [Only allow Steam for Authentication](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-allow-steam-for-authentication/174552)

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**Author:** [@iAd4m](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iAd4m)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/only-allow-steam-for-authentication/174552 "2020-12-30T04:20:51Z")

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Hello, I want to configure my discourse forum to only allow authentication through Steam. I searched and found stuff about SSO, as well as a Steam plugin for authentication. I installed the Steam authentication plugin b…

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## [Migrating Discourse from one DigitalOcean droplet to another without downtime](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-discourse-from-one-digitalocean-droplet-to-another-without-downtime/174528)

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**Author:** [@mholt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mholt)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-discourse-from-one-digitalocean-droplet-to-another-without-downtime/174528 "2020-12-30T00:50:45Z")

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We’re moving to a new DigitalOcean droplet and tried using the marketplace image. When running the setup script, it fails early on because our domain name is still pointing to our current instance in production. I need …

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## [Digital Ocean, SendGrid, Netlfity - Register Admin account email not coming through](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-sendgrid-netlfity-register-admin-account-email-not-coming-through/144962)

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**Author:** [@erickimme](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erickimme)\
**Replies:** 30\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-sendgrid-netlfity-register-admin-account-email-not-coming-through/144962 "2020-12-29T23:46:17Z")

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I am using Digital Ocean(hosting), SendGrid(SMTP), Netlify (Domain, DNS) to setup my open forum for my blog. I got Domain, DNS part setup and was able to get to the registration page. But the email never gets to the…

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## [Why are we unable to create subcats for mods within the Staff category?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-we-unable-to-create-subcats-for-mods-within-the-staff-category/148578)

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**Author:** [@InspektorCluzo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/InspektorCluzo)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-are-we-unable-to-create-subcats-for-mods-within-the-staff-category/148578 "2020-07-19T05:52:38Z")

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This is what we get when we try to create a subcat for admins (same problem for mods) within the Staff category: “Any group that is allowed to access a subcategory must also be allowed to access the parent category. The…

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## [What do you all call your Discourse forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-you-all-call-your-discourse-forum/160991)

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**Author:** [@debryc](https://meta.discourse.org/u/debryc)\
**Replies:** 34\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-do-you-all-call-your-discourse-forum/160991 "2020-12-29T21:21:24Z")

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Hi, we’re rebuilding our Discourse forum and would love to rename it. We simply called it “Discourse” in the past but want to change it because it’s not immediately intuitive what Discourse is. We’ve considered calling …

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## [Discourse Logins (Question)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-logins-question/174521)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_Katz1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy_Katz1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-logins-question/174521 "2020-12-29T18:53:21Z")

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Hi thanks for helping with my question. I currently have SSO login enabled through my Wordpress website. Nobody can see the discourse without first redirecting to my Wordpress site and signing up for an account there. I…

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## [Adding statcounter code](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-statcounter-code/137326)

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**Author:** [@absi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/absi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-statcounter-code/137326 "2020-12-29T17:54:44Z")

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I added my StatCounter code, but it appears not to work. Does anyone know how to solve this?

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## [Incorrect S3 warning in admin menu](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-s3-warning-in-admin-menu/174496)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/incorrect-s3-warning-in-admin-menu/174496 "2020-12-29T17:40:28Z")

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There is a possible bug in the warning being displayed on the admin menu of Discourse 2.7.0.beta1 ( 53f4d54f23 ) The warning reads: The server is configured to upload files to S3, but at least one the following sett…

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## [Letting users change the category of their topic from category they can't post in](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-change-the-category-of-their-topic-from-category-they-cant-post-in/174227)

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**Author:** [@incapaz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/incapaz)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/letting-users-change-the-category-of-their-topic-from-category-they-cant-post-in/174227 "2020-12-29T17:02:35Z")

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It seems like weird ux to me to not allow users to change the category of their topic when they can’t post in that category anymore. This is the meta category of the forum, it has since then been decentralized from a…

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## [Wiki posts only for specific categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-posts-only-for-specific-categories/174363)

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**Author:** [@sbernhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sbernhard)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wiki-posts-only-for-specific-categories/174363 "2020-12-29T16:52:42Z")

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It would be great to allow Wiki posts only for specific categories. Or the other way around: disallow for specific categories. Would this be simply possible?

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## [Some questions about personal messages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-questions-about-personal-messages/174463)

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**Author:** [@osmanu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/osmanu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/some-questions-about-personal-messages/174463 "2020-12-29T16:40:35Z")

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I have a couple questions above personal messages: Is there a way to prevent users from deleting personal messages? Archiving / closing is OK, but I am trying to avoid users deleting messages for auditing purposes. Is …

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## [Notifications being incorrectly created for old posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-being-incorrectly-created-for-old-posts/174247)

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**Author:** [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notifications-being-incorrectly-created-for-old-posts/174247 "2020-12-29T09:48:35Z")

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Yesterday my site started generating notifications for old posts out of the blue. This is the number of ‘posted’ notifications (notification\_type = 9) created later than an hour in the past few days: ▶ Query I used to…

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## [Password reset link does not work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-reset-link-does-not-work/174474)

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**Author:** [@needhelp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/needhelp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/password-reset-link-does-not-work/174474 "2020-12-29T08:21:33Z")

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Hello, users in my forum reported that password reset link does not work. I did a test and it is indeed NOT working. When I click the password reset link in the email, it brings me to a page that says “OOPS, page does …

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## [Webp support for image upload](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-support-for-image-upload/138290)

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**Author:** [@meetdilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meetdilip)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/webp-support-for-image-upload/138290 "2020-12-29T04:20:44Z")

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Hi, whenever I try to upload a webp image, I get an error message here Sorry, the file you are trying to upload is not authorized (authorized extensions: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, pdf, csv, gz, json, svg, mp4, txt, docx, mo…

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## [Slow Profile Loads with 100GB+ database](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-profile-loads-with-100gb-database/173775)

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**Author:** [@Ghan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ghan)\
**Replies:** 42\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-profile-loads-with-100gb-database/173775 "2020-12-29T02:24:09Z")

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Following up on this post: Slow Page Loads on User Profiles We’re testing our import to Discourse again now that these changes were pushed, and there is an improvement to profile loading (especially after the initial lo…

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## [Changing email subject line should start a new topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-email-subject-line-should-start-a-new-topic/174381)

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**Author:** [@jeff\_y](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jeff_y)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-email-subject-line-should-start-a-new-topic/174381 "2020-12-28T22:48:22Z")

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When someone replies to an email and changes the subject, it should start a new topic, rather than post as a reply to the original topic. For example, let’s say the subject of the original topic was “Agenda for December…

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## ["unrevoke" email, and logging of non-sent messages for revoked email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unrevoke-email-and-logging-of-non-sent-messages-for-revoked-email/174209)

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**Author:** [@citizentools](https://meta.discourse.org/u/citizentools)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unrevoke-email-and-logging-of-non-sent-messages-for-revoked-email/174209 "2020-12-28T18:25:04Z")

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I’m working with a user to troubleshoot non-receipt of email and stumbled on the “revoke email” action logged for their account. How can I cancel or undo this action? Also: if a user’s email is revoked, is this reflect…

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## [Add more privacy options](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-privacy-options/174446)

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**Author:** [@Aerodymier](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Aerodymier)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-more-privacy-options/174446 "2020-12-28T20:24:05Z")

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I think there should be more privacy options. I have some ideas which could be useful: 1- Add an option for posting as an anonym user. • This setting will be helpful if poster doesn’t want to be found with searches on …

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## [Create 301 redirects from an old Discourse site to a new one](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-301-redirects-from-an-old-discourse-site-to-a-new-one/174298)

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**Author:** [@samsolomon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/samsolomon)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-301-redirects-from-an-old-discourse-site-to-a-new-one/174298 "2020-12-28T19:44:05Z")

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What would you like done? I am moving content from an old Discourse site to a new domain and server (also Discourse). I’ve restored a backup of the old site on a new server with the new domain pointing to that IP addres…

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## [What are the rules for the "First Reply By Email" badge?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-rules-for-the-first-reply-by-email-badge/174428)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-are-the-rules-for-the-first-reply-by-email-badge/174428 "2020-12-28T19:26:51Z")

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Hi everyone, We have approx 80 users who have replied to topics via email but not received their “First Reply By Email” badge. The badge/script/code is working to some degree as some users are being awarded the badge a…

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## [Install discourse together with Apache websites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-together-with-apache-websites/173907)

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**Author:** [@blades](https://meta.discourse.org/u/blades)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-together-with-apache-websites/173907 "2020-12-28T18:34:53Z")

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Hi to all, I used to have a fully working discourse installation in a server. Now I decided to restore my discourse backup at my apache web-server but it seems not possible. I read and tried a lot of sollutions throug…

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## [Can 3rd party authenticators have any visibility into what their users post in Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-3rd-party-authenticators-have-any-visibility-into-what-their-users-post-in-discourse/174438)

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**Author:** [@HeneryH](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HeneryH)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 6:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-3rd-party-authenticators-have-any-visibility-into-what-their-users-post-in-discourse/174438 "2020-12-28T18:04:08Z")

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I want to properly inform my users. If I allow FB auth on a site that requires login to see anything (anonymous disabled) what information can FB learn about their user’s posting activity on the Discourse site? Thanks …

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## [Would Discourse meet all of these niche needs to be a video game community forum?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-meet-all-of-these-niche-needs-to-be-a-video-game-community-forum/174315)

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**Author:** [@simbleau](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simbleau)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/would-discourse-meet-all-of-these-niche-needs-to-be-a-video-game-community-forum/174315 "2020-12-28T16:26:47Z")

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Hello Discourse community, I have a startup video game that I plan on dedicating a forum for. My ambitions may be a little out-there, though, so I wanted to know from someone a bit more experienced in this platform if I…

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