2020: The Year in Review

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2020's Top Users

Most Time Reading

User	Hours Read
@pfaffman	184
@JimPas	154
@neounix	135
@merefield	125
@Canapin	95
@Stephen	92
@Benjamin_D	79
@fzngagan	76
@md-misko	68
@itsbhanusharma	67

Most Topics

User	Topics
@Canapin	90
@pfaffman	68
@sunjam	65
@AstonJ	44
@nildarar	43
@ondrej	43
@JQ331	43
@Terrapop	42
@jenni_alencar	42
@pnoeric	39

Most Replies

User	Replies
@pfaffman	1.91k
@Stephen	1.12k
@merefield	1.12k
@itsbhanusharma	569
@neounix	555
@Canapin	542
@ondrej	442
@RGJ	336
@fzngagan	286
@IAmGav	275

Most Replied to

User	Replies
@pfaffman	1.09k
@Stephen	659
@merefield	621
@itsbhanusharma	353
@Canapin	326
@neounix	307
@RGJ	205
@ondrej	202
@IAmGav	163
@fzngagan	152

Most Likes Given

User	Likes
@JimPas	16.6k
@Justin_Vega	4.18k
@pfaffman	3.62k
@Heliosurge	1.64k
@merefield	1.59k
@fzngagan	1.36k
@Stephen	1.09k
@bloomexperiment	1.04k
@Stranik	888
@Canapin	852

Most Likes Received

User	Likes
@pfaffman	4.23k
@merefield	2.92k
@Stephen	2.46k
@Canapin	1.5k
@RGJ	1.28k
@itsbhanusharma	1.25k
@angus	1.18k
@neounix	1.13k
@ondrej	1.11k
@fzngagan	628

Most Visits

User	Days Visited
@Stranik	366
@Stephen	366
@JimPas	366
@merefield	366
@ondrej	366
@md-misko	365
@pfaffman	365
@bts	364
@omarfilip	364
@fzngagan	364

All Yearly Visits

Daily Visits

Days Visited	Users
366	13
365	4
364	5
363	3
362	4
361	2
360	1
359	2
356	1
354	1

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Top #support Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Improving Instance Performance (Megatopics, Database Size and Extreme Load)	28
	Highly aggressive troll whackamole	28
	Dropping ad revenue	26
	Very slow Sidekiq issue with large queue due to massive numbers of unread user notifications	24
	Real-time updating of topics freezes under high activity	17

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Warning: "breadcrumbs issue" and "schema deprecated"	17
	freeCodeCamp.org Discourse is Collapsing from Spammer Scripts	16
	GitHub logins using deprecated authentication API?	13

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Quoting not working	72
	Very slow Sidekiq issue with large queue due to massive numbers of unread user notifications	68
	Avatar, Site Logos, and Cert Errors	61
	Improving Instance Performance (Megatopics, Database Size and Extreme Load)	60
	Avatars lost after restore. How to get them back?	59

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	freeCodeCamp.org Discourse is Collapsing from Spammer Scripts	29
	Warning: "breadcrumbs issue" and "schema deprecated"	28
	GitHub logins using deprecated authentication API?	26
	Highly aggressive troll whackamole	25
	2.6.0b2 upgrade VERY slow	24

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	How to make users to explicitly agree to ToS	28
	Verified user icon	23
	Is there any way to restore your site from backup in the terminal?	17
	How to access the discourse database?	16
	Login to Discourse with custom Oauth2 provider	15

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Top #feature Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Users are confused about daily like limits	17
	Slow Profile Loads with 100GB+ database	11
	`min ratio to crop` site setting should respect w/h ratio as defined in markdown	10
	Forgot_password abuse	10
	Community approval of users	10

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Topic replies invisible until topic owner decides to reveal them?	18
	Summarization of assignments in group	14
	Trust Level Wishlist Items	13
	Provide more guidance for flag actions on Review page	12
	Badge Progress Trackers	11

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Users are confused about daily like limits	54
	Post Rate Limit Trigger for a topic that's heating up	44
	Slow Profile Loads with 100GB+ database	42
	Optionally threading posts to parent topic in slack integration	39
	Video call integration/plugin?	36

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Topic replies invisible until topic owner decides to reveal them?	28
	Users are confused about daily like limits	24
	Make it more obvious in a split-off topic that it was split off	23
	Piazza Moving to Paid Model—Opportunity for Discourse	23
	Reply then edit to add quote notification redundancy	23

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Make members of a group watch a category by default	39
	Reply reminder - Remind users to reply to new users topics with zero replies	31
	Using Discourse as a internal Knowledge Base / Intranet	26
	Encouraging User Participation - Some Ideas, More welcome	25
	MOSS Roadmap - Mailing lists	23

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Top #dev Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Installing Discourse for macOS Development Using asdf and docker-compose	16
	Theme-Component v Plugin: What's the difference	9
	Is there any way to listen User login event using Theme component	8
	Discourse Plugins and Rails 6 config/initializers Question	7
	Is it possible to modify a function in a helper via the plugin or theme component system?	6

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	New PHP API library	12

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Theme-Component v Plugin: What's the difference	22
	Discourse Plugins and Rails 6 config/initializers Question	22
	Get topic id when the topic show page loads	21
	Is it possible to modify a function in a helper via the plugin or theme component system?	20
	How to fetch topics ordered by custom field iso8601 value?	19

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	I’d like to start developing for Discourse, where should I begin?	22
	Is there a theming 'map'? (An easy way to find plugin-outlets etc)	22
	Why isn't the Discourse API fully documented?	21
	Creating a "Featured Categories" homepage banner	21
	Is there any way to listen User login event using Theme component	20

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	How discourse stays online (Message Bus, Faye, Long Polling)	19
	Why GNU License?	19
	How can I make my own Discourse plugins?	15
	Learn how to build Discourse plugins by helping me	15
	A basic Discourse archival tool	13

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Top #ux Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Responsive Design	7
	Why has logout moved	6
	Discourse & Canonical Ubuntu: a UX and visual exploration	5

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Interest in (volunteer) formal UX evaluation of Discourse?	21
	Discourse & Canonical Ubuntu: a UX and visual exploration	14
	Delete draft when escape is pressed with completely empty topic	13
	Plugins settings list readibility	11
	Move post to existing topic doesn't show topic is closed	10

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Why has logout moved	26
	Notifications - "unread only" filter	25
	Responsive Design	20
	Discourse & Canonical Ubuntu: a UX and visual exploration	18
	How to change categories style?	18

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Discourse & Canonical Ubuntu: a UX and visual exploration	26
	Plugins settings list readibility	24
	Please make user settings easier for users to find	23
	Chrome saved fields cover search suggestions	22
	The search should match fancy characters with their "regular" equivalent	22

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Differentiate Admin and Moderator Shield Icons	17
	How difficult would it be to make the Discourse UI more like Flarum?	16
	How to change categories style?	11
	Any live examples of category-specific CSS styling?	10
	Material Design Experiments	8

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Top #community Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Google May 4th Core Update impact on Discourse forums	64
	Forum owners, how do you "fight" Facebook groups?	26
	What do you all call your Discourse forum?	19
	How do you deal with off-site harassment?	15
	Using Discourse for micro-blogging	8

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Share your Discourse Halloween decorations!	33
	A local community for delivering meals to COVID-19 patients sick at home	20
	Discourse as a Virtual Conference Platform	20
	Discourse as a simple personal blog engine	17
	Don't trust these Pirates!	15

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Google May 4th Core Update impact on Discourse forums	101
	What do you all call your Discourse forum?	34
	What would it take to replace Facebook with Discourse?	33
	How to make Trust Levels more visible to members and explain them?	25
	Forum owners, how do you "fight" Facebook groups?	25

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Share your Discourse Halloween decorations!	36
	Forum owners, how do you "fight" Facebook groups?	27
	What do you all call your Discourse forum?	25
	How do you deal with off-site harassment?	25
	Google May 4th Core Update impact on Discourse forums	23

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Discourse and Slack (or other group chat apps like IRC, HipChat, Gitter, etc)	35
	GDPR countdown and compliance	32
	Books on community building	24
	Creative Uses of Discourse	23
	Is there a Trust Level Permissions Table?	22

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Top #theme Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Discourse Category Headers theme component	25
	Personal Message Bubbles	21
	Topic Template Placeholder Text theme component	16
	Quick Quote Theme Component	10
	Take a break! Theme component	9

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Discourse Category Headers theme component	53
	Personal Message Bubbles	53
	Star Wars theme	36
	Sunflower, A discourse theme	34
	Take a break! Theme component	30

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Topic Template Placeholder Text theme component	45
	Personal Message Bubbles	44
	Discourse Category Headers theme component	29
	Clickable Social Icon Links on Profile	26
	Quick Quote Theme Component	24

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Personal Message Bubbles	47
	Discourse Category Headers theme component	47
	Star Wars theme	37
	Take a break! Theme component	35
	Image Annotator - Allows you to annotate images in the previewer	32

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Material Design Stock Theme	62
	Discourse Category Headers theme component	24
	Script to enable Matomo analytics on Discourse	20
	Daemonite Material Theme	17
	Header Search Theme	16

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Top #plugin Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Discourse Subscriptions	97
	Discourse Basic Editor - Beginner friendly composer!	25
	Multilingual Plugin :globe_with_meridians:	23
	Discourse Frotz - an Interactive Fiction game bot :game_die:	17
	Custom Trust Level	15

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Discourse Subscriptions	77
	Discourse Basic Editor - Beginner friendly composer!	52
	Discourse Private Replies	38
	Discourse Frotz - an Interactive Fiction game bot :game_die:	37
	Multilingual Plugin :globe_with_meridians:	36

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Topic List Previews	631
	Locations Plugin	187
	Follow Plugin 👨	156
	Topic Ratings Plugin	122
	Custom Wizard Plugin :mage:	107

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Discourse Subscriptions	59
	Discourse Basic Editor - Beginner friendly composer!	47
	Discourse Frotz - an Interactive Fiction game bot :game_die:	39
	Multilingual Plugin :globe_with_meridians:	39
	Discourse Private Replies	39

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Custom Wizard Plugin :mage:	81
	Retort - a reaction-style plugin for Discourse	64
	Events Plugin :calendar:	62
	Custom Layouts Plugin	61
	Topic List Previews	60

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Top #praise Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	My 2nd Discourse forum, 2 years after the first one	6

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	How is Google Docs to Markdown so good on Discourse?	44
	My 2nd Discourse forum, 2 years after the first one	36
	Anniversary #5: a big THANKS!	34
	The Brilliant Discourse Restore Process	34
	:partying_face: 40000 commits!	30

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	How is Google Docs to Markdown so good on Discourse?	31
	My 2nd Discourse forum, 2 years after the first one	27
	The Brilliant Discourse Restore Process	25
	Anniversary #5: a big THANKS!	25
	Opened the forum doors at midnight	23

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	How we use Discourse as a superior ..... management tool	18
	Sharing our experience changing the Discourse UI	12
	Dansk Dynamit website running on Discourse	7
	Post your Discourse T-shirt pics!	7
	We built a static blog with Discourse as the backend	6

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Top #admins Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	How to Setup BackBlaze S3 with BunnyCDN	8

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Set up Microsoft Teams notifications using the discourse-chat-integration plugin	11

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	How to Setup BackBlaze S3 with BunnyCDN	26
	Setting up webhooks	22

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	How to Setup BackBlaze S3 with BunnyCDN	20
	[Tutorial] Discourse Data Explorer Power BI integration	20
	Set up Microsoft Teams notifications using the discourse-chat-integration plugin	14

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	How to add header menu links	49
	Setting up webhooks	27
	Connecting Mailgun with Digital Ocean	18
	How to structure a multilingual community	14
	Configure custom emoji	9

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Top #tips & tricks Topics

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	How to start building stuff for Discourse if you're newbie (like myself)	33
	Customize the loading icon	19
	Create a table using markdown on your Discourse forum	13
	Our solution for blurring NSFW content	12

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	What cool data explorer queries have you come up with?	21
	What cool badge queries have you come up with?	19

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Customize the loading icon	17

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	What cool badge queries have you come up with?	145
	What cool data explorer queries have you come up with?	123
	How to start building stuff for Discourse if you're newbie (like myself)	121
	Add a custom fontawesome icon and color to your tag	43
	Create a table using markdown on your Discourse forum	40

[simbleau (Spencer Imbleau)]

Anyone else forget 2020 was a leap year until you saw 366 days visited?

[JimPas]

A couple of users on my forum asked why I had 366 days and they only had 365. I told them I got an extra day because it was my forum. Then I told them it was because they missed a day. They settled down.

[alefattorini (Alessio Fattorini)]

How can I create something like that?

[fhe (Florian)]

It’s an official plugin, see

Discourse Yearly Review Plugin

Summary: creates a topic that summarizes the previous year’s activity on a forum. Have a look at 2018: The Year in Review to see the topic it created for activity on meta. GitHub: https://github.com/discourse/discourse-yearly-review Install: Follow the plugin installation guide. Features The topic displays data in two sections - users and topics. The users section includes: Most Time Reading Most Topics Created Most Replies Created Most Replied to Most Likes Given M…

You’d need to trigger it from the rails console if you want the 2020 review created:

Jobs::YearlyReview.new.execute(force: true, review_year:2020)

[fzngagan (Faizaan Gagan)]

Using this plugin

Discourse Yearly Review Plugin

Summary: creates a topic that summarizes the previous year’s activity on a forum. Have a look at 2018: The Year in Review to see the topic it created for activity on meta. GitHub: https://github.com/discourse/discourse-yearly-review Install: Follow the plugin installation guide. Features The topic displays data in two sections - users and topics. The users section includes: Most Time Reading Most Topics Created Most Replies Created Most Replied to Most Likes Given M…

[JimPas]

Once installed, just don’t forget to enable in your dashboard - like someone I know did.