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## [Email invites show http link instead of https?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-invites-show-http-link-instead-of-https/75431)

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**Author:** [@Richie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Richie)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-invites-show-http-link-instead-of-https/75431 "2017-12-05T13:52:17Z")

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Hey everyone, I’m hoping this isn’t just a setting that I’ve missed :blush: My Discourse runs on https but when I send out email invites to new users, the link at the bottom of the invite email displays a HTTP link, ra…

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## [Very teeny tiny minor issue with the default badge ordering](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-teeny-tiny-minor-issue-with-the-default-badge-ordering/75353)

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**Author:** [@Bas](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bas)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 9:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/very-teeny-tiny-minor-issue-with-the-default-badge-ordering/75353 "2017-12-05T09:15:03Z")

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Reply - Topic - Link \< Bronze Reply - Topic - Link \< Silver Link - Reply - Topic \< Gold It bugs me way too much that these aren’t all three in the same order (this is also in the default Discourse setup)

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## [Re-Ordering Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-ordering-categories/73501)

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**Author:** [@RobMeade](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RobMeade)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/re-ordering-categories/73501 "2017-12-05T08:40:36Z")

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Hi, I have just gone through our 121 categories/sub-categories in an attempt to re-order them. It was challenging to say the least. I decided to implement a numbering system which would separate the categories by thou…

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## [Digital Ocean $15 vs $20, what is a better option for Discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-15-vs-20-what-is-a-better-option-for-discourse/75308)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 7:56am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/digital-ocean-15-vs-20-what-is-a-better-option-for-discourse/75308 "2017-12-05T07:56:56Z")

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Digital Ocean is a recommended provider for Discourse self-hosting. It recently introduced a $15 / mo plan. Compare it to $10 and $20 plans that were there and are still an option: It is interesting that the $15 opt…

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## [Display Data Explorer query results in WordPress (with TwigAnything)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-data-explorer-query-results-in-wordpress-with-twiganything/40956)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 4:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/display-data-explorer-query-results-in-wordpress-with-twiganything/40956 "2017-12-05T04:08:50Z")

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Data Explorer plugin lets us extract and explore about any data from Discourse. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to display it in WordPress, like this: The data can be displayed in posts/pages, widgets or in Visu…

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## [How can I customize the advice sheets?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-customize-the-advice-sheets/75349)

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**Author:** [@brianhicks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/brianhicks)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-customize-the-advice-sheets/75349 "2017-12-05T04:31:07Z")

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Discourse has things like “Your topics is similar to…” and “Welcome to discourse meta!” that appear in the right-hand side of the editor when composing a new topic. I’m not sure what these are called, and have been refer…

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## [Latest update requires cache purge in CloudFlare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-update-requires-cache-purge-in-cloudflare/73166)

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**Author:** [@barreeeiroo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/barreeeiroo)\
**Replies:** 70\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-update-requires-cache-purge-in-cloudflare/73166 "2017-12-05T04:28:28Z")

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I think if you access to my community is enough to see the problem :confused: EVEN ON SAFE MODE IS BROKEN

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## [Scrollbar overlaps the "toggle sidebar" button in Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrollbar-overlaps-the-toggle-sidebar-button-in-data-explorer/75323)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 4:06am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrollbar-overlaps-the-toggle-sidebar-button-in-data-explorer/75323 "2017-12-05T04:06:12Z")

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How to reproduce: Open Data Explorer.. Create a new query. Collapse the sidebar. Results: The button is hidden behind the scrollbar. Expected: The scrollbar not to overlap the “toggle” button. Google Chrome lates…

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## [Instantly auto-lock topics in a category (or create+see but NOT reply perms)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instantly-auto-lock-topics-in-a-category-or-create-see-but-not-reply-perms/75385)

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**Author:** [@Lilly\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly_S)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instantly-auto-lock-topics-in-a-category-or-create-see-but-not-reply-perms/75385 "2017-12-05T03:16:01Z")

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Hi Discourse, We have recently created a new category on our forum designed to act as a repository for announcements and game patch notes by our community. This means that the topics in these sections should be read-onl…

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## [Render %{invitee\_name} as full name only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-invitee-name-as-full-name-only/62412)

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**Author:** [@tophee](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tophee)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/render-invitee-name-as-full-name-only/62412 "2017-12-05T02:50:37Z")

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When usernames are derived from emails (especially work emails), they often are very similar to the users real name. If the user has set their real name (and if real names are not hidden via site settings) this currently…

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## [A way to completely block a person](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-completely-block-a-person/75386)

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**Author:** [@PorkyTheChop](https://meta.discourse.org/u/PorkyTheChop)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 12:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-way-to-completely-block-a-person/75386 "2017-12-05T00:26:28Z")

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I wish for a way to completely block someone’s posts. Now, muting them just prevents getting notifications from them. Some people post things that I don’t really feel the need to see, and it more goes on the end where I …

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## [Discourse poll - update](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-poll-update/75355)

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**Author:** [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-poll-update/75355 "2017-12-04T23:05:16Z")

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Hi, I submitted multiple commits today for the poll plugin, which will change the current behaviour a little bit. Previously poll\_enabled was kind of misleading as it didn’t disable polls but only let staff create polls…

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## [Auto reply via email when new topic created from received email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-reply-via-email-when-new-topic-created-from-received-email/75382)

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**Author:** [@jrwagz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jrwagz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-reply-via-email-when-new-topic-created-from-received-email/75382 "2017-12-04T23:02:21Z")

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When a new topic is created from a received email, I’d like to immediately reply to the user so they know it was posted. Would this be useful to anyone else?

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## [Design Broken after Upgrade due to Cloudflare](https://meta.discourse.org/t/design-broken-after-upgrade-due-to-cloudflare/75383)

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**Author:** [@olivermark83](https://meta.discourse.org/u/olivermark83)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/design-broken-after-upgrade-due-to-cloudflare/75383 "2017-12-04T23:00:01Z")

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Ive upgraded my community page to v1.9.0.beta15 +60 it looks very strange now :slight\_smile: you can check my page at www.didyc.de i hope you can help me to solve it

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## [Do you display the list of live forum users on your counterpart website?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-display-the-list-of-live-forum-users-on-your-counterpart-website/75279)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-display-the-list-of-live-forum-users-on-your-counterpart-website/75279 "2017-12-04T21:25:36Z")

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Do you show the list of live users on your website, which is part of your community? For example, you might run Discourse and WordPress. Then the question is regarding WordPress: do you show which users are live (online…

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## [Add russian locale](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-russian-locale/58949)

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**Author:** [@kemporu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/kemporu)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-russian-locale/58949 "2017-12-04T20:57:05Z")

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Hi, and how to add russian locale: client.ru.yml?

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## [Normalize Input Styling across the app](https://meta.discourse.org/t/normalize-input-styling-across-the-app/73440)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/normalize-input-styling-across-the-app/73440 "2017-12-04T20:31:26Z")

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This has always driven me nuts, but we should fix it with the new composer here. We have 4 different styles going: Topic title uses, inset: Topic body uses, nothing, and no rounded corners: Topic category uses n…

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## [How to turn off Discourse email verification?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-turn-off-discourse-email-verification/75365)

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**Author:** [@Alexander\_Oskin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander_Oskin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-turn-off-discourse-email-verification/75365 "2017-12-04T20:12:38Z")

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We use our Wordpress instance as SSO provider for Discourse. After user registered Wordpress account he confirm his email address. But when he trying to log in to Discourse he asked by Discourse to confirm his email agai…

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## [If title has been added, composer should only be minimised, not terminated](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-title-has-been-added-composer-should-only-be-minimised-not-terminated/74591)

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**Author:** [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/if-title-has-been-added-composer-should-only-be-minimised-not-terminated/74591 "2017-12-04T18:48:43Z")

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If I have typed a title, added a category as well as maybe a tag, and then I click the minimize-button of the composer ..then it actually doesn’t save any of my progress. I’ve run into this quite a few times and it’s …

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## [Configuring email SMTP settings just isn't working](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-email-smtp-settings-just-isnt-working/75341)

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**Author:** [@Frank\_Bailey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Frank_Bailey)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-email-smtp-settings-just-isnt-working/75341 "2017-12-04T17:11:17Z")

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Hi folks. I try not to post unless I’m really, truly stuck. I’ve installed Discourse as a Docker container in Ubuntu 16.04 which is a guest VM in VirtualBox with a Windows 10 host. The installation was successful, howeve…

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## [\`Topic#featured\_link\` containing more than just a valid URL](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-featured-link-containing-more-than-just-a-valid-url/75302)

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**Author:** [@tgxworld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tgxworld)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/topic-featured-link-containing-more-than-just-a-valid-url/75302 "2017-12-04T17:04:45Z")

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Create topic and paste https://meta.discourse.org test into title Topic.last.featured\_link returns https://meta.discourse.org test. @neil Can I confirm that the featured link feature is only activated when the title is…

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## [PM composer height constrained](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-composer-height-constrained/75272)

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**Author:** [@ChrisBeach](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ChrisBeach)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/pm-composer-height-constrained/75272 "2017-12-04T16:24:36Z")

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Since the composer rewrite I’ve noticed the PM composer has shrunk further and is now very difficult to use for PMs of longer than one line: For moderators, some of this space is taken by the “official warning” check…

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## [Discourse-cakeday/client.en.yml contains an empty translation string](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cakeday-client-en-yml-contains-an-empty-translation-string/74729)

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**Author:** [@icaria36](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icaria36)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-cakeday-client-en-yml-contains-an-empty-translation-string/74729 "2017-12-04T13:31:57Z")

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Hi, yesterday @neil pushed the Cakeday files to Transifex for translation. Thank you very much! One empty string is being called for (an impossible) translation in the client file, see number 6 at https://www.transifex.…

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## [Unique characters in password - good or bad?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unique-characters-in-password-good-or-bad/75305)

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**Author:** [@schungx](https://meta.discourse.org/u/schungx)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unique-characters-in-password-good-or-bad/75305 "2017-12-04T12:38:02Z")

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When using Discourse as a private repository of sensitive/confidential information, we care about password security. My question is: is enforcing unique characters in passwords a good practice or bad? The Internet seem…

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## [Wrong hours number in the message saying "You've reached your likes today"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-hours-number-in-the-message-saying-youve-reached-your-likes-today/75324)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/wrong-hours-number-in-the-message-saying-youve-reached-your-likes-today/75324 "2017-12-04T12:12:45Z")

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Today at Discourse Meta I encountered this limit for the very first time in last 3 years. Seems like the number is incorrect: Just a minor non-priority fix.

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## [Does it make any sense to colocate your own hardware for running a single Discourse instance?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-it-make-any-sense-to-colocate-your-own-hardware-for-running-a-single-discourse-instance/75310)

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**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-it-make-any-sense-to-colocate-your-own-hardware-for-running-a-single-discourse-instance/75310 "2017-12-04T06:51:43Z")

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Are there any preconditions for running a single Discourse instance on your own hardware (colocation), rather than renting a VPS (e.g. Digital Ocean) or a dedicated server (e.g. Softlayer or Hetzner)? I’ve never had an …

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## [\[PAID\] 100USD bounty to fix mumble plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-100usd-bounty-to-fix-mumble-plugin/73904)

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**Author:** [@adorfer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/adorfer)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-100usd-bounty-to-fix-mumble-plugin/73904 "2017-12-04T01:31:01Z")

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Issue: Fix not compatible with latest discourse · Issue #4 · nunof07/discourse-mumble · GitHub in order to run GitHub - nunof07/discourse-mumble: Mumble Viewer plugin for Discourse · GitHub with current discourse (and…

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## [Voting Feature / Poll](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-feature-poll/75292)

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**Author:** [@jousefm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jousefm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-feature-poll/75292 "2017-12-03T23:28:02Z")

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Hi guys! Is there a voting feature implemented where users can vote multiple times (like a counter) as well as adding their own issue to the vote application? Thanks a lot and cheers!

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## [Self-Censorship on Facebook (Paper)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-censorship-on-facebook-paper/75277)

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**Author:** [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-censorship-on-facebook-paper/75277 "2017-12-03T13:29:53Z")

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Interesting paper.. https://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM13/paper/viewFile/6093/6350 Abstract We report results from an exploratory analysis examining “last-minute” self-censorship, or content that is filtere…

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## [Leverage browser caching for logo](https://meta.discourse.org/t/leverage-browser-caching-for-logo/75256)

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**Author:** [@dfriestedt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfriestedt)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/leverage-browser-caching-for-logo/75256 "2017-12-03T10:38:55Z")

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I’m running a pagespeed test on my site, discuss.endurancelab.fit. One result indicates the logo is not cached. Is there something I can do to cache the logo, or should I forget this? https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.co…

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