2021: The Year in Review

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2021's Top Users

Most Time Reading

User	Hours Read
@JammyDodger	143
@pfaffman	139
@Johani	136
@dodesz	114
@merefield	103
@Moin	88
@Benjamin_D	73
@JimPas	67
@renato	54
@ondrej	50

Most Topics

User	Topics
@dodesz	67
@mattdm	64
@pfaffman	57
@Jonathan5	38
@MrDavis97	29
@seanblue	28
@Nacho_Caballero	27
@Paul_King1	26
@nathankershaw	25
@Ed_Bobkov	25

Most Replies

User	Replies
@pfaffman	1.63k
@merefield	712
@IAmGav	410
@JammyDodger	370
@Jonathan5	295
@ondrej	276
@angus	245
@RGJ	243
@Benjamin_D	230
@dodesz	197

Most Replied to

User	Replies
@pfaffman	857
@merefield	368
@IAmGav	227
@JammyDodger	215
@RGJ	160
@Benjamin_D	159
@Jonathan5	150
@angus	146
@ondrej	137
@dodesz	126

Most Likes Given

User	Likes
@JimPas	8.08k
@pfaffman	2.9k
@merefield	1.06k
@anon73664359	830
@Heliosurge	709
@anon82467725	690
@Benjamin_D	668
@riking	658
@dodesz	560
@Ahmed_Gagan	553

Most Likes Received

User	Likes
@pfaffman	2.61k
@merefield	1.93k
@angus	1.03k
@ondrej	772
@Johani	744
@RGJ	687
@dodesz	586
@JammyDodger	533
@IAmGav	528
@riking	522

Most Visits

User	Days Visited
@merefield	365
@ondrej	365
@Benjamin_D	365
@dodesz	365
@SebH	364
@Canapin	364
@omarfilip	363
@craigconstantine	363
@md-misko	363
@itsbhanusharma	362

All Yearly Visits

Daily Visits

Days Visited	Users
365	9
364	6
363	3
362	4
361	3
358	1
357	1
355	3
353	3
352	1

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Top #support Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Delete deleted-posts permanently in bulk?	17
	My discourse speed is very slow	14
	2.7.0.beta2 upgrade failed	9
	Errors on Exporting Data from Teams to Self Hosted Discourse on Digital Ocean	8
	Implosion after 2.7beta7 upgrade	8

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	What is Bootstrap Mode	33

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Delete deleted-posts permanently in bulk?	58
	Stop using Amazon s3 for uploads	49
	Errors on Exporting Data from Teams to Self Hosted Discourse on Digital Ocean	39
	2.7.0.beta2 upgrade failed	34
	German People here	33

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Where is auto-tag and auto-replace?	23
	Received a reprimand from Facebook because of the first share badge when using FB login. How to proceed?	22
	Delete deleted-posts permanently in bulk?	21
	"mailing list mode" mysteriously deactivated	21
	Search function changes	21

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Delete deleted-posts permanently in bulk?	16
	What is Bootstrap Mode	16
	Stop using Amazon s3 for uploads	7
	SMTP Password not working anymore	6
	If I want to completely delete a post, I should just hide them?	5

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Top #feature Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Revert search to old live search pattern	18
	Issues when using slow mode on a topic forever	13
	Animated gifs: Make it stop!	10
	Word cloud plugin for discourse?	9
	Badges and general chattiness of Discourse	9

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Warn before blocking own IP address	19
	Progress bar for filling out community profile?	19
	FLoC network opt-out	19
	Animated gifs: Make it stop!	18
	Adding OpenMoji as a new emoji set	14

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Search results should prioritize first post in topic when title matches search term	39
	Issues when using slow mode on a topic forever	39
	Revert search to old live search pattern	27
	Instagram and Facebook oEmbed API to stop working, what about Onebox?	25
	DeepL support for Discourse Translator	25

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Animated gifs: Make it stop!	29
	FLoC network opt-out	29
	"This site was just updated" popups are annoying	25
	Revert search to old live search pattern	24
	Adding OpenMoji as a new emoji set	24

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Instagram and Facebook oEmbed API to stop working, what about Onebox?	8

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Top #dev Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Managing group membership via authentication	15
	Removing the /2, /3, /4, etc links for each reply within a topic URL	10
	Apple M1, Docker arm64 emulation	9
	Overriding user_guardian.rb in a plugin (no fork necessary!)	8
	How to add a super basic topic custom field	7

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	A New Python API	19
	Apple M1 for discourse development	12
	Flarum to Discourse Migration Script	11

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Apple M1, Docker arm64 emulation	27
	Managing group membership via authentication	26
	Get back the real "raw" data that created a post?	25
	Removing the /2, /3, /4, etc links for each reply within a topic URL	23
	Overriding user_guardian.rb in a plugin (no fork necessary!)	22

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Managing group membership via authentication	24
	Is there a way to lint handlebars?	21
	Apple M1, Docker arm64 emulation	21
	Removing the /2, /3, /4, etc links for each reply within a topic URL	20
	Badge for posts created between 1 AM and 5 AM	19

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Top #ux Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Discourse with a screen reader	39
	Confusion between Reply To and Reply List in email responses	14
	Isn’t it kind of hard to figure out that there is a mail/messaging system?	8
	Possible privacy flaw with DMs	7
	Frustrations for a new user	7

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Discourse with a screen reader	22
	Reply text box as alternative to current button approach	12
	Warnings about minimum character limits in the composer vibrate too much	10

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Discourse with a screen reader	83
	Confusion between Reply To and Reply List in email responses	45
	Isn’t it kind of hard to figure out that there is a mail/messaging system?	26
	Android app doesn't use browser inside the app any more, launches site in full browser	21
	Possible privacy flaw with DMs	20

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Discourse with a screen reader	32
	Confusion between Reply To and Reply List in email responses	25
	Reply text box as alternative to current button approach	25
	Isn’t it kind of hard to figure out that there is a mail/messaging system?	24
	Dropdowns for categories and tags are very problematic for screen readers	22

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Discourse with a screen reader	7

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Top #community Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Using Discourse as a social media platform	34
	Please stop closing forums and moving people to Discord	21
	Limitations of freedom of speech?	19
	Encouraging expertise	16
	Relative lack of themes - am I missing something?	15

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Coming back to Discourse 👋	50
	My fall and return on Discourse	33
	Happy Birthday, Jay! @pfaffman	27
	Encouraging expertise	14
	Volunteer Activities - a simple setup for non-hierarchical collaboration	12

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Using Discourse as a social media platform	91
	Limitations of freedom of speech?	42
	Please stop closing forums and moving people to Discord	30
	Moderation idea: Badge of shame	23
	Relative lack of themes - am I missing something?	21

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Coming back to Discourse 👋	34
	Encouraging expertise	27
	Relative lack of themes - am I missing something?	26
	Using Discourse as a social media platform	25
	Using Discourse as a personal Journal?	25

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Relative lack of themes - am I missing something?	5
	Forum owners, how do you "fight" Facebook groups?	5
	Discourse as a Virtual Conference Platform	5

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Top #theme Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Masonry Image Gallery	11
	Topic List Previews Theme Component	8
	Featured Flip Cards	7
	Category List with Banners	6
	Avid Reader: A theme focused on readability	6

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	:classical_building: Rome, a theme inspired by ancient roman manuscripts	31
	👅 Markdown Flavors	27
	🎀 Neomorphism, a modern theme for Discourse	27
	Masonry Image Gallery	27
	Avid Reader: A theme focused on readability	24

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Inline pdf previews	44
	Easy responsive footer	37
	Custom header links (icons)	36
	Personal Message Bubbles	36
	Topic List Previews Theme Component	35

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Masonry Image Gallery	33
	Avid Reader: A theme focused on readability	32
	Featured Flip Cards	28
	Category List with Banners	27
	Topic List Previews Theme Component	25

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Custom hamburger menu links	11
	Inline pdf previews	11
	Easy responsive footer	10
	Personal Message Bubbles	9
	Custom Header Links	9

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Top #praise Topics

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Why We Love Discourse	48
	The Discourse team *rocks*	36
	My Forum is finally live! Thank you Discourse!	25
	Discourse for a "digital garden"	25
	Loving the option on which topics to apply to	23

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Why We Love Discourse	33
	The Discourse team *rocks*	25
	Discourse for a "digital garden"	22
	My Forum is finally live! Thank you Discourse!	21
	Loving the option on which topics to apply to	20

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Top #plugin Topics

Most Read

User	Topic	Hours Read
	Discourse Reactions - Beyond Likes	99
	Landing Pages Plugin :small_airplane:	19
	Rocket.Chat SSO + embed plugin for Discourse	13
	Community Network Visualisation	13
	Discord Sync: sync a Discourse forum with a Discord server	12

Most Liked

User	Topic	Likes
	Discourse Reactions - Beyond Likes	111
	Landing Pages Plugin :small_airplane:	38
	Community Network Visualisation	32
	Discord Sync: sync a Discourse forum with a Discord server	24
	Custom Mentionables	18

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Discourse Reactions - Beyond Likes	175
	Follow Plugin 👨	87
	Locations Plugin	58
	Rocket.Chat SSO + embed plugin for Discourse	51
	Custom Wizard Plugin :mage:	44

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Discourse Reactions - Beyond Likes	70
	Landing Pages Plugin :small_airplane:	39
	Community Network Visualisation	35
	Discord Sync: sync a Discourse forum with a Discord server	33
	Lock topics behind a "crypto" paywall	28

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	Discourse Reactions - Beyond Likes	20
	Follow Plugin 👨	14
	News Plugin :newspaper:	12
	Landing Pages Plugin :small_airplane:	12
	Data Explorer Plugin	11

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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)	17
	Custom Discourse Reactions	15

Most Replies

User	Topic	Replies
	Custom New topic button	10

Most Popular

User	Topic	Score
	Custom New topic button	21
	Custom Discourse Reactions	16
	Automatic Welcome Message To New Users	12
	How to make "copyright" copy-protected content?	11
	Welcoming new users with trust level messages	11

Most Bookmarked

User	Topic	Bookmarks
	How to start building stuff for Discourse if you're newbie (like myself)	16
	What cool data explorer queries have you come up with?	11
	What cool badge queries have you come up with?	8
	How to Use Discourse as a Private Support/Ticket System	6

[Richie (Richie Rich)]

Congrats to @JimPas for being the most loving guy on the planet (ever)

These stats are great!

Were these compiled manually? Or is there a plugin working some magic here?

[ondrej]

Jim is very nice indeed!

This is a plugin. I’d go mad compiling this manually

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…

[mattdm (Matthew Miller)]

Watch out @dodesz

[angus (Angus McLeod)]

@pfaffman is clearly the MVP. He placed in the top three of every category, except for visits. When he’s on the pitch he makes it count.

Time: 2nd
Topics: 3rd
Replies: 1st (quadruple 3rd!)
Replied to: 1st (almost quadruple 3rd)
Likes given: 2nd
Likes recieved: 1st (almost triple 3rd)
Visits: not placed

Mission for 2022: build a machine learning responder bot that beats Jay.

[pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman)]

@angus

@pfaffman is clearly the MVP. He placed in the top three of every category, except for visits

I really can’t believe that I didn’t visit every day. I think there’s a bug.

EDIT: Lest anyone be confused, this was a joke.

[ondrej]

On the contrary I didn’t even expect it to say I’d visited 365 days. Looks like I can’t get enough of Meta

[oshyan (Oshyan Greene)]

I am honestly quite shocked at how much my face appears here! And I only mention this because I literally wouldn’t have known the relative engagement/popularity of most of what I posted here without this review! So I’m really glad this exists.