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## [Composer:discard button too small and light, AI helper buttons too big](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-discard-button-too-small-and-light-ai-helper-buttons-too-big/350339)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/composer-discard-button-too-small-and-light-ai-helper-buttons-too-big/350339 "2025-02-03T23:47:14Z")

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In the composer, the discard/trash icon is in a red box and is smaller than the Create Topic/Reply button, and is the same size as the other buttons (see output, upload, etc). If I remember coorectly, there wasn’t a red …

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## [Nested a tag within an a tag... without an href?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-a-tag-within-an-a-tag-without-an-href/337404)

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**Author:** [@king\_laurel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/king_laurel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/nested-a-tag-within-an-a-tag-without-an-href/337404 "2025-02-03T22:25:57Z")

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This empty a tag within an a tag is throwing off focus and doesn’t appear to serve any purpose as it doesn’t have an href.

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## [Modify/add custom options to category settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-add-custom-options-to-category-settings/350329)

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**Author:** [@king\_laurel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/king_laurel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/modify-add-custom-options-to-category-settings/350329 "2025-02-03T22:02:38Z")

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Is it possible to add custom settings to the +New Category options? I have a custom header that renders on category pages and I would like to allow the category creator to upload a light mode background-color for said he…

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## [DeepSeek-R1 randomly producing "Job exception: undefined method \`finish' for nil" error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deepseek-r1-randomly-producing-job-exception-undefined-method-finish-for-nil-error/349703)

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**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deepseek-r1-randomly-producing-job-exception-undefined-method-finish-for-nil-error/349703 "2025-02-03T20:08:53Z")

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Whenever interacting with this particular model via AI Bot, it randomly produces this error. Sometimes it happens and sometimes not but I can’t tell exactly what is causing it, although I think it happens more often when…

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## [SSO broken on 3.4.0.beta3](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-broken-on-3-4-0-beta3/350292)

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**Author:** [@Jose\_Menezes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jose_Menezes)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 8:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sso-broken-on-3-4-0-beta3/350292 "2025-02-03T20:01:30Z")

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Hey folks, I’m getting an error similar to the one reported on SSO broken after rebuild with stable v3.3.3 However, my installation is on version 3.4.0.beta3 Do you have any idea when the next beta release is coming wi…

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## [Is there a way to automatically grant custom badges without SQL?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-grant-custom-badges-without-sql/350202)

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**Author:** [@NoNoWahooFromGimkit](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NoNoWahooFromGimkit)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-way-to-automatically-grant-custom-badges-without-sql/350202 "2025-02-03T18:58:18Z")

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I am an admin for a pretty new forum, and some users have fake ‘badges’ in their bios (kind of like the Gimkit Creative forums). I was thinking about making the bio-badges actual badges, but I don’t want to grant the bad…

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## [PostGres 17 statement in backups is blocking restore mechanism](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-17-statement-in-backups-is-blocking-restore-mechanism/350207)

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**Author:** [@Wurzelseppi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Wurzelseppi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postgres-17-statement-in-backups-is-blocking-restore-mechanism/350207 "2025-02-03T16:46:11Z")

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Hey guys, as I wrote in this post It seems, that a statement which has been added in PostGre 17 SET transaction\_timeout = 0 is being used, and that brakes the restore ability. Any hints ? Thanks and Cheers, Wu…

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## [Friendly reminder to be open to new people's suggestions or complaints](https://meta.discourse.org/t/friendly-reminder-to-be-open-to-new-peoples-suggestions-or-complaints/350220)

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**Author:** [@traceymoko](https://meta.discourse.org/u/traceymoko)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/friendly-reminder-to-be-open-to-new-peoples-suggestions-or-complaints/350220 "2025-02-03T16:20:33Z")

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I appreciate the Discourse team being open towards new people’s suggestions there and elsewhere too. I’ve seen this issue happen a lot on Meta over the years, but this prompted me to also offer my thoughts in genera…

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## [High CPU usage (Ruby)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-usage-ruby/348913)

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**Author:** [@AstonJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AstonJ)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/high-cpu-usage-ruby/348913 "2025-02-03T16:04:09Z")

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Pretty frequently seeing high CPU usage and it’s usually around the 85% mark: Was previously showing up as unicorn.conf.r: Could this indicate UNICORN\_WORKERS being set too high/low? The server has 64GB RAM (usu…

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## [Double-button inconsistencies (post menu)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-button-inconsistencies-post-menu/349845)

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**Author:** [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 2:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-button-inconsistencies-post-menu/349845 "2025-02-03T14:31:49Z")

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I’m pretty sure it was not like that before :thinking:; it might be a side effect of the post-menu conversion to Glimmer (unsure). Also, you don’t see the issue immediately since the Reactions plugin is often installed. …

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## [Force light mode colors](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-light-mode-colors/350239)

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**Author:** [@quentin\_btb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/quentin_btb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/force-light-mode-colors/350239 "2025-02-03T13:20:30Z")

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Hi, I’ve been looking for quite some time, but how do you change the colors template for light mode? I think i created my project with dark colors ar first, and now it seems that i can’t revert to having light colors fo…

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## [Is there any way to use @if in a Theme Component using a variable?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-use-if-in-a-theme-component-using-a-variable/350236)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-any-way-to-use-if-in-a-theme-component-using-a-variable/350236 "2025-02-03T13:15:03Z")

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I’m trying to use a boolean theme setting to determine if I can use a specific set styling: @if var(--my-variable) { .my-selector { display: block; } } and elsewhere in included file: :root { --my-variabl…

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## [DeepSeek provider support? What to do when model provider isn't in "Provider" list?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deepseek-provider-support-what-to-do-when-model-provider-isnt-in-provider-list/348423)

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**Author:** [@MachineScholar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MachineScholar)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 12:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/deepseek-provider-support-what-to-do-when-model-provider-isnt-in-provider-list/348423 "2025-02-03T12:55:52Z")

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So DeepSeek has just released their open source reasoning model “R1” (along with an API) which is on-par with OpenAI’s o1 but is around the cost of GPT-4o-mini. It’s really quite amazing and useful, especially because of…

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## [How do you get First Share?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-get-first-share/350230)

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**Author:** [@Toxic](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Toxic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-you-get-first-share/350230 "2025-02-03T12:25:06Z")

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I know this sounds weird, but can someone please tell me?

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## [New Plugin Outlet in Chat Plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-plugin-outlet-in-chat-plugin/349887)

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**Author:** [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-plugin-outlet-in-chat-plugin/349887 "2025-02-03T10:41:56Z")

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I would like to add some functionality on the Channel settings page, any objection to PRing a Nav plugin outlet here?: In similar vein to Group Nav

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## [Adding to right side bar blocks](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-to-right-side-bar-blocks/349598)

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**Author:** [@Joe\_F](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joe_F)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 10:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/adding-to-right-side-bar-blocks/349598 "2025-02-03T10:26:45Z")

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Hi all, I have set up right side bar blocks and have a monthly leaderboard, unfortunately its not matching with my monthly board in gamification as I want to omit admins and team members. How can this be achieved? Tha…

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## [Two tracked variables not updating](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-tracked-variables-not-updating/345332)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/two-tracked-variables-not-updating/345332 "2025-02-03T09:48:36Z")

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I have the following code: import Component from "@glimmer/component"; import { apiInitializer } from "discourse/lib/api"; import { tracked } from '@glimmer/tracking'; import { action } from '@ember/object'; import { in…

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## [Cannot rebuild app,](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-rebuild-app/350172)

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**Author:** [@xFocus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xFocus)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-rebuild-app/350172 "2025-02-03T08:00:32Z")

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hi team, I just followed the official guide and not using separate container for db, but I cannot rebuild app, below is my full output with error I’ve asked in this topic PostgreSQL 15 update - #58 by xFocus ,but maybe …

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## [550-Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable on 3.4.0.beta4-dev](https://meta.discourse.org/t/550-requested-action-not-taken-mailbox-unavailable-on-3-4-0-beta4-dev/350197)

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**Author:** [@philsgu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/philsgu)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/550-requested-action-not-taken-mailbox-unavailable-on-3-4-0-beta4-dev/350197 "2025-02-03T03:57:53Z")

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Has anyone encountered this bug with recent 3.4.0.beta4-dev update? I tried everything from rebuilding the app from my Docker to changing app.yml config file in attempt to rollback to older versions git but failed. Dis…

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## [How to show the padded Category to all user? and ask the user to register?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-the-padded-category-to-all-user-and-ask-the-user-to-register/350199)

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**Author:** [@LaptechInfo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/LaptechInfo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-show-the-padded-category-to-all-user-and-ask-the-user-to-register/350199 "2025-02-03T05:44:38Z")

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Hi Community members. is there a way to show padded category to all the users, and unregistered users also. when they click on it, it should ask for register or a message like you are not registered please register or p…

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## [How can I add category specific moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-category-specific-moderators/350176)

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**Author:** [@Maduka\_Dilshan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Maduka_Dilshan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2025, 2:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-add-category-specific-moderators/350176 "2025-02-03T02:52:59Z")

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Hi there, im trying to add category specific moderators but unable to find the settings to do so. For example, in this post the op ask about some setting which i cannot find in my discourse. What are all the things a ca…

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## [Is there an option on Discourse to allow a logged-in member to see only the topics where they participated?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-on-discourse-to-allow-a-logged-in-member-to-see-only-the-topics-where-they-participated/350055)

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**Author:** [@leopedrini](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leopedrini)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-an-option-on-discourse-to-allow-a-logged-in-member-to-see-only-the-topics-where-they-participated/350055 "2025-02-02T22:41:30Z")

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Is there an option in Discourse to allow a logged-in member to see only the topics where they participated (asked, answered…)?

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## [Dashboard Report - DAU/MAU](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-dau-mau/289383)

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**Author:** [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-dau-mau/289383 "2025-02-02T20:44:32Z")

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This is an SQL version of the Dashboard Report for DAU/MAU. This report provides a detailed analysis of the Daily Active Users (DAU) to Monthly Active Users (MAU) ratio over a specific date range. The DAU/MAU ratio is a…

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## [System Emails, Notifications & Group Invites – Can I set the language they’re sent in?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-emails-notifications-group-invites-can-i-set-the-language-they-re-sent-in/350148)

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**Author:** [@Sheena](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sheena)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/system-emails-notifications-group-invites-can-i-set-the-language-they-re-sent-in/350148 "2025-02-02T18:30:16Z")

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Hi there! I have two communities within one invite-only forum, but they don’t speak each other’s language. To address this, I’ve created a separate group for each language and plan to include invite links on their respe…

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## [Kodular Community Theme](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kodular-community-theme/162724)

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**Author:** [@Alexander](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Alexander)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/kodular-community-theme/162724 "2025-02-02T15:18:25Z")

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Hi all! :smiley: I come to present a theme created by me, for Kodular Community :tada: It is a theme based on the interface of Kodular Creator (the main service), which in turn adjusts to the new times using patterns …

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## [Use AI to request summary and others things from topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-ai-to-request-summary-and-others-things-from-topic/350012)

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**Author:** [@toc-rox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/toc-rox)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-ai-to-request-summary-and-others-things-from-topic/350012 "2025-02-02T08:02:05Z")

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An AI can be helpful when sifting through and analysing long topics. Here is my current procedure model for using the data of a topic in the context of an AI language model: Download all discussion posts of a topic. E…

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## [Mails are not going to new users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mails-are-not-going-to-new-users/348621)

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**Author:** [@SSS1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SSS1)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 7:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mails-are-not-going-to-new-users/348621 "2025-02-02T07:23:41Z")

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Hi, so i am new to this installation, i have managed to install the discourse on WHM and it seems everything was working okay until i got this error while sending test mail. \*\*Started POST "/presence/update" for \<my IP\> …

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## [Is there a plugin for "response posts?"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-plugin-for-response-posts/350081)

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**Author:** [@Johnny\_McIvor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johnny_McIvor)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2025, 6:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-plugin-for-response-posts/350081 "2025-02-02T06:59:38Z")

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I run a forum that’s centered around intense political debate / intellectual discussion. I remember back in the old days of Youtube, there was a feature for “response videos” that was very helpful for creating intellectu…

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## [Introduction to Discourse Development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introduction-to-discourse-development/349939)

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**Author:** [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introduction-to-discourse-development/349939 "2025-02-01T22:34:35Z")

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Discourse is a modern and highly-customizable platform for building communities. This documentation is intended for anyone who wants to build a customization for Discourse, or work on Discourse itself. Architecture Disc…

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## [Limit Suggested Topics to Parent Categories only](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-suggested-topics-to-parent-categories-only/350064)

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**Author:** [@Jacob\_Peebles](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jacob_Peebles)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-suggested-topics-to-parent-categories-only/350064 "2025-02-01T20:04:08Z")

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Is there a way to limit suggested topics to only be pulled from parent categories. As an example, I have two areas, currently categories I am building: Hydrology Nursing I do not want to ‘suggest’ topics from either …

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