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## [Board unaccessible after upgrade](https://meta.discourse.org/t/board-unaccessible-after-upgrade/292043)

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**Author:** [@Saiano](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saiano)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/board-unaccessible-after-upgrade/292043 "2024-01-18T14:35:59Z")

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I’ve just update my board, getting no errors, but accessing the site, the app doesn’t start Droplet on digital ocean, any suggestions?

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## [Convert a category to private and add users to a specific group with access](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-a-category-to-private-and-add-users-to-a-specific-group-with-access/290463)

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**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/convert-a-category-to-private-and-add-users-to-a-specific-group-with-access/290463 "2024-01-18T13:56:16Z")

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The title might be a bit cryptic, but the context is to convert a category to “private” but have a way to identify all users that participated in it in the past \<timeframe\> and add them to a group so that it can be set a…

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## [New user signups by month with running total](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-signups-by-month-with-running-total/292073)

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**Author:** [@aidanheerdegen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aidanheerdegen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-user-signups-by-month-with-running-total/292073 "2024-01-18T13:43:50Z")

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Problem For reporting purposes we need to know how many users have signed up, but grouped into useful date range intervals (bins). We also need to know the total number of users in the same date bins. Solution The foll…

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## [Include scroll-to-top affordance in table-of-contents generation](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-scroll-to-top-affordance-in-table-of-contents-generation/292078)

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**Author:** [@craigconstantine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/craigconstantine)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/include-scroll-to-top-affordance-in-table-of-contents-generation/292078 "2024-01-18T13:33:59Z")

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Scroll to the top navigation Could the TOC automatically include an arrow-up-with-topbar? …like the down-arrow-with-bottombar that exists for scrolling to the bottom. Why? To enable scroll-all-the-way-back-to-the-top, I…

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## [NS\_error\_failure in Stripe/Subscriptions plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ns-error-failure-in-stripe-subscriptions-plugin/292015)

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**Author:** [@ncaming215](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ncaming215)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ns-error-failure-in-stripe-subscriptions-plugin/292015 "2024-01-18T13:31:56Z")

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My site has been incredibly slow today, and my/DiscourseHosting is curious if it’s related to the Subscriptions plugin. See the following attachment: Would this contribute to the slow speed, and is this a plugin issu…

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## [I need a functionality/plugin for viewing only the content posted by the author in the current thread.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-a-functionality-plugin-for-viewing-only-the-content-posted-by-the-author-in-the-current-thread/292057)

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**Author:** [@Haretaleila](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Haretaleila)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 12:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-need-a-functionality-plugin-for-viewing-only-the-content-posted-by-the-author-in-the-current-thread/292057 "2024-01-18T12:40:01Z")

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"I am a beginner, currently building my community forum. As my forum users need to post lengthy articles, for better readability, I hope to have the functionalities/plugins commonly found in traditional forums: ‘viewing …

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## [Private sub-category email-in Discourse::InvalidAccess](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-sub-category-email-in-discourse-invalidaccess/291216)

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**Author:** [@hellekin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hellekin)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/private-sub-category-email-in-discourse-invalidaccess/291216 "2024-01-18T12:27:59Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Email-in Discourse::InvalidAccess: The Discourse::InvalidAccess hit again. This time, the length of Subject is not in cause. I’m suspecting that it has to do with the category being a rest…

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## [Limit number of notifications in user menu dropdown](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-number-of-notifications-in-user-menu-dropdown/291878)

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**Author:** [@digitaldominica](https://meta.discourse.org/u/digitaldominica)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/limit-number-of-notifications-in-user-menu-dropdown/291878 "2024-01-18T12:17:58Z")

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I want to limit the number of items in the notification dropdown from the header menu, where would I need to go to edit this?

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## [User temporarily on hold - except no user in the PM recipients](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-temporarily-on-hold-except-no-user-in-the-pm-recipients/291928)

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**Author:** [@Crius](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Crius)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-temporarily-on-hold-except-no-user-in-the-pm-recipients/291928 "2024-01-18T11:13:07Z")

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I noticed a couple of messages like this in the past 2-3 weeks. Is there any way to understand why this happens?

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## [Facing issue while setting up discourse on my aws ec2 instance ubuntu20, ebs 30gb ram 1gb](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facing-issue-while-setting-up-discourse-on-my-aws-ec2-instance-ubuntu20-ebs-30gb-ram-1gb/291679)

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**Author:** [@Kuldeep\_Kumhar](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kuldeep_Kumhar)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 7:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/facing-issue-while-setting-up-discourse-on-my-aws-ec2-instance-ubuntu20-ebs-30gb-ram-1gb/291679 "2024-01-18T07:53:13Z")

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2024-01-14 22:15:13.479 UTC \[4179\] LOG: using stale statistics instead of current ones because stats collector is not responding node:events:492 throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event ^ Error: write EPIPE …

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## [Recurring Events only display current one?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recurring-events-only-display-current-one/283750)

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**Author:** [@aidanheerdegen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/aidanheerdegen)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 5:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/recurring-events-only-display-current-one/283750 "2024-01-18T05:33:47Z")

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This is great, thanks. My question is with the display of recurring events. I have a 2 weekly recurring event, but only the next event seems to display in the calendar. Is this intentional?

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## [Can you check when a Data Explorer query has been run and how many times?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-check-when-a-data-explorer-query-has-been-run-and-how-many-times/292027)

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**Author:** [@rachel-statsnz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rachel-statsnz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-you-check-when-a-data-explorer-query-has-been-run-and-how-many-times/292027 "2024-01-18T02:59:40Z")

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I wondering if there are usage stats on data explorer queries sitting anywhere? Or is it only just the last run that is recorded? If yes, can someone point me to an SQL to monitor data query usages? Thanks!

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## [Split up theme SCSS into multiple files](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-up-theme-scss-into-multiple-files/115126)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/split-up-theme-scss-into-multiple-files/115126 "2024-01-18T00:58:00Z")

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Themes and theme components are becoming steadily more powerful, and developers are getting more and more ambitious. To make things easier for developers, themes can now split their SCSS into multiple files. https://git…

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## [Links on a line by themselves always Onebox in chat (unlike in posts)](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-on-a-line-by-themselves-always-onebox-in-chat-unlike-in-posts/291987)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 12:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-on-a-line-by-themselves-always-onebox-in-chat-unlike-in-posts/291987 "2024-01-18T00:55:41Z")

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I’ve just noticed that when you post a link in chat, it behaves inconsistently with the behaviour in posts. This is less than ideal. Specifically, you can’t turn off the tendency of a link to make a Onebox without a lit…

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## [Dashboard Report - Post Edits](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-post-edits/292019)

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**Author:** [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-post-edits/292019 "2024-01-18T00:41:07Z")

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This is an SQL version of the Dashboard Report for Post Edits. This dashboard report shows posts that were edited over a specific date range, and includes information about the editor, author of the post, and the reason…

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## [Dashboard Report - Notify User](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-notify-user/292004)

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**Author:** [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-notify-user/292004 "2024-01-17T22:22:20Z")

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This is an SQL version of the Dashboard Report for Notify User. This dashboard report provides a daily count of the number of times users have been privately notified by a flag on one of their posts. -- \[params\] -- dat…

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## [Help us test out new admin sidebar navigation ideas](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-us-test-out-new-admin-sidebar-navigation-ideas/291881)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 10:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-us-test-out-new-admin-sidebar-navigation-ideas/291881 "2024-01-17T22:51:48Z")

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As you may have seen, we have been experimenting with a new admin sidebar navigation concept. So far we’ve introduced a simple 1-1 copy of the old top-of-page navigation links. Now we are exploring further changes to t…

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## [Dashboard Report - Notify Moderators](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-notify-moderators/291887)

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**Author:** [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dashboard-report-notify-moderators/291887 "2024-01-17T02:12:12Z")

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This is an SQL version of the Dashboard Report for Notify Moderators. This dashboard report provides a daily count of private messages sent to moderators with a notification subtype notify\_moderators. This insight helps…

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## [SEO - how to get a search bar at google?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-how-to-get-a-search-bar-at-google/80394)

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**Author:** [@frold](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frold)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seo-how-to-get-a-search-bar-at-google/80394 "2020-02-18T17:32:56Z")

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Hey, This is the content you see at google when you search at my site (I know you might not understand the text): This is how it look if you e.g search at “Lægeforeningen”. How to change the layout at google to …

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## [Get ID for updating a post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-id-for-updating-a-post/47095)

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**Author:** [@nisbeti](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nisbeti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-id-for-updating-a-post/47095 "2016-07-11T14:08:54Z")

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When creating a new category, I must have an automatically created post, as: Every category has an initial "About this category" topic. So, I use the API to create the ‘group one’ category, then I get the topic-url from…

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## [Cannot change member\_visibility\_level of automatic groups](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-change-member-visibility-level-of-automatic-groups/280373)

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**Author:** [@mdoggydog](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mdoggydog)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-change-member-visibility-level-of-automatic-groups/280373 "2024-01-17T21:15:24Z")

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It is not possible to change the member visibility of automatic groups via the groups Manage UI. More specifically: the UI allows selecting a new value, and it cheerfully reports “Saved!” when Save Changes is pressed, …

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## [Are there plugins or theme components to make working with quotes easier?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-plugins-or-theme-components-to-make-working-with-quotes-easier/291838)

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**Author:** [@MSealey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/MSealey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/are-there-plugins-or-theme-components-to-make-working-with-quotes-easier/291838 "2024-01-17T19:30:10Z")

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I find I’m spending more and more time in Discourse forums. I also spend a lot of time segmenting others’ posts during editing in order to surround shorter sections with \[quote\]/\[/quote\]. Is there a tool, plugin or add…

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## [Move Create Event (and others) out of the cog icon?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-create-event-and-others-out-of-the-cog-icon/293486)

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**Author:** [@Al\_Whitworth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Al_Whitworth)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/move-create-event-and-others-out-of-the-cog-icon/293486 "2024-01-17T18:26:23Z")

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Is there any way to move the “create event” link out of the cog icon and onto the main composer bar? Also I think it’s confusing to have the event AND the “insert date/time” icon, so it’d be nice to remove that too.

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## [Grant a badge based on number of bronze/silver/gold badges](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-a-badge-based-on-number-of-bronze-silver-gold-badges/291980)

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**Author:** [@manuel](https://meta.discourse.org/u/manuel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/grant-a-badge-based-on-number-of-bronze-silver-gold-badges/291980 "2024-01-17T17:53:57Z")

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You can use this query for custom member-level badges: SQL query SELECT user\_id, current\_timestamp granted\_at FROM user\_badges JOIN badges On user\_badges.badge\_id = badges.id WHERE badges.badge\_type\_id = 3 GROUP B…

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## [Photos posted on Discourse don't match the same colors as photos posted elsewhere](https://meta.discourse.org/t/photos-posted-on-discourse-dont-match-the-same-colors-as-photos-posted-elsewhere/141819)

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**Author:** [@TheCookie1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TheCookie1)\
**Replies:** 32\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/photos-posted-on-discourse-dont-match-the-same-colors-as-photos-posted-elsewhere/141819 "2023-02-14T13:18:46Z")

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Hello! I’m a Food Talk Central and Hungry Onion member, both hosted by Discourse. After every automatic iPhone upgrade the photos I post are dull and the color is off. They look sharp in my photo album but upload poorly…

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## [Add setting to make post voting votes anonymous](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-make-post-voting-votes-anonymous/291968)

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**Author:** [@Gavin\_Hudson](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Gavin_Hudson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-setting-to-make-post-voting-votes-anonymous/291968 "2024-01-17T16:20:24Z")

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Is it possible to make the upvoting/downvoting anonymous? Right now, if you click the number between the up and down arrows, you can see who voted.

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## [CloudFlare and Real IP](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-and-real-ip/291736)

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**Author:** [@bitwelder](https://meta.discourse.org/u/bitwelder)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudflare-and-real-ip/291736 "2024-01-17T16:12:50Z")

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I have been trying to get real ips to show up in Discourse without much success. I have add the cloudflare yml to my setup and have validated the discourse.conf in the container has the correct lines: set\_real\_ip\_from 1…

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## [Use different text on social buttons on Sign Up modal](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-different-text-on-social-buttons-on-sign-up-modal/290857)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-different-text-on-social-buttons-on-sign-up-modal/290857 "2024-01-17T15:36:35Z")

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Hello :wave: Now it appears the same text on Log In and Sign Up modals. I think it would makes sense to change these buttons text on Sign Up modal to e.g. Sign Up with … Thanks :slightly\_smiling\_face:

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## [The new #forum-summaries category](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-new-forum-summaries-category/291942)

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**Author:** [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-new-forum-summaries-category/291942 "2024-01-17T12:45:15Z")

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We have a new category! :tada: :slight\_smile: (I let Bert write the description. It seemed only fair as it is his category :slight\_smile:) This will be the new home of our AI-generated forum summaries. It’s muted by …

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## [Chat opens to private frontpage of channel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-opens-to-private-frontpage-of-channel/291790)

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**Author:** [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-opens-to-private-frontpage-of-channel/291790 "2024-01-17T13:38:27Z")

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After todays upgrading when users open chat they found themselves evertitime on that tab where can choose private channels. They are furious now because they have to everytime change back to tab of public channels and t…

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