2024: The Year in Review

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2024's Top Users

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avatar @Moin 440
avatar @JammyDodger 232
avatar @Don 213
avatar @merefield 156
avatar @Heliosurge 150
avatar @Arkshine 149
avatar @Jagster 130
avatar @pfaffman 120
avatar @Firepup650 97
avatar @simon 67

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avatar @pfaffman 1.72k
avatar @Moin 1.68k
avatar @merefield 1.27k
avatar @JammyDodger 1.24k
avatar @Jagster 1.24k
avatar @Heliosurge 863
avatar @Arkshine 676
avatar @Firepup650 606
avatar @NateDhaliwal 540
avatar @RGJ 390

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avatar @pfaffman 1.03k
avatar @Moin 995
avatar @merefield 698
avatar @JammyDodger 692
avatar @Jagster 682
avatar @Arkshine 408
avatar @Firepup650 377
avatar @Heliosurge 353
avatar @NateDhaliwal 278
avatar @RGJ 251

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avatar @Heliosurge 5.58k
avatar @Moin 4.53k
avatar @JimPas 3.77k
avatar @Firepup650 3.59k
avatar @pfaffman 2.67k
avatar @bloomexperiment 2.42k
avatar @Arkshine 2k
avatar @JammyDodger 1.93k
avatar @merefield 1.57k
avatar @jimkleiber 1.05k

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avatar @Moin 4.74k
avatar @JammyDodger 3.86k
avatar @pfaffman 3.01k
avatar @merefield 3k
avatar @Jagster 1.91k
avatar @Arkshine 1.83k
avatar @Don 1.31k
avatar @RGJ 1.28k
avatar @Heliosurge 1.13k
avatar @ondrej 1.02k

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avatar @Slowhand 366
avatar @Moin 366
avatar @merefield 366
avatar @not-ethan 366
avatar @Don 366
avatar @md-misko 366
avatar @itsbhanusharma 365
avatar @Jagster 364
avatar @ondrej 363
avatar @SebH 363

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365 3
364 1
363 4
362 2
360 2
359 2
358 3
357 1
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Top #Support Topics

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User Topic Hours Read
avatar I'm really convinced that I'm being toyed with by a community software 16
avatar How can I tell if a particular distribution of the Discourse client is free software? 14
avatar Alternative sign up pathways 10
avatar Turning off auto-grid-images? 10
avatar Approve unless allowed groups setting 8

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avatar What is Bootstrap Mode 18

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avatar How can I tell if a particular distribution of the Discourse client is free software? 39
avatar Alternative sign up pathways 38
avatar Approve unless allowed groups setting 34
avatar I'm really convinced that I'm being toyed with by a community software 30
avatar How extensible can I make my installation in terms of sub domains and restricting membership to them? 30

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avatar I'm really convinced that I'm being toyed with by a community software 22
avatar Two different answers from gpt4o - one right, one wrong… !? 21
avatar Questions about user anonymization and GDPR 21
avatar Turning off auto-grid-images? 21
avatar Issues using passkeys with vaultwarden 21

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avatar What is Bootstrap Mode 8
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Top #Installation Topics

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avatar PostgreSQL Stuck During Rebuilding 15
avatar Cloudflare R2: Navigating Setup and Handling Configuration Errors 9
avatar Upgrading v2.2.0.beta4 forum with unknown local changes 8
avatar 3.1.x to 3.2.0 upgrade hangs/fails on 1GB instance 7
avatar Why Docker? 7

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avatar PostgreSQL Stuck During Rebuilding 51
avatar Cloudflare R2: Navigating Setup and Handling Configuration Errors 42
avatar Upgrading v2.2.0.beta4 forum with unknown local changes 42
avatar 3.1.x to 3.2.0 upgrade hangs/fails on 1GB instance 34
avatar Whole machine hangs during upgrade 32

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avatar Should we increase the default swap space to 3GB or 4GB? 22
avatar Secure way to configure upgrading to only stable version of forum releases? 21
avatar Docker update to latest version 20
avatar Why Docker? 19
avatar Precompiling assets takes 20 minutes 18
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Top #Dev Topics

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avatar Why hasn't Discourse been rewritten in Rust? 17
avatar Using the new custom-homepage feature 15
avatar F NAV - Theme component concept 11
avatar Discourse Easy 'SVG Icon' and 'Emoji' in CSS 6
avatar I cannot add user to the discouse forum from a wordpress website when user added in a membership 5

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avatar Why hasn't Discourse been rewritten in Rust? 14
avatar F NAV - Theme component concept 13
avatar Discourse Easy 'SVG Icon' and 'Emoji' in CSS 11

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avatar Extending header buttons 31
avatar Using the new custom-homepage feature 30
avatar I cannot add user to the discouse forum from a wordpress website when user added in a membership 24
avatar Why hasn't Discourse been rewritten in Rust? 22
avatar F NAV - Theme component concept 22

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avatar Why hasn't Discourse been rewritten in Rust? 26
avatar F NAV - Theme component concept 24
avatar Discourse Easy 'SVG Icon' and 'Emoji' in CSS 23
avatar Using the new custom-homepage feature 21
avatar Site broken due to ember 5 upgrade 20
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Top #Feature Topics

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avatar Discourse needs better search 14
avatar Allow for empty posts and empty topic body 10
avatar Discourse as a personal-wiki note-taking markdown-editor local app 10
avatar Making 'illegal' content reportable to non-logged in users 9
avatar Block Google's "Help Me Write" 7

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avatar Discourse needs better search 18
avatar Grouped Site Settings under Headings in Plugins 16
avatar Block Google's "Help Me Write" 12
avatar What are the plans to improve the composer in 2024? 12
avatar Make it easier for Admins to set up Groups through Setup Wizard 11

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avatar Trust Level 4 Promotion by a Community Election Poll? 66
avatar Threaded discussion is ultimately too complex to survive on the public Internet? 51
avatar True Block 42
avatar Option to hide IP addresses from moderators 40
avatar Allow for empty posts and empty topic body 32

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avatar Discourse needs better search 29
avatar Block Google's "Help Me Write" 26
avatar Discourse as a personal-wiki note-taking markdown-editor local app 23
avatar Making 'illegal' content reportable to non-logged in users 23
avatar Support for prompt customization in DiscourseAI 22

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avatar Matrix protocol for chat 5
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Top #UX Topics

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avatar Wouldn't "Send Message" be clearer than "Message"? 13
avatar Remove overriding of cmd/ctrl-f 10
avatar The Evil Bouncy Castle of Settings and Customize 10
avatar Improved code block sizing & color scheme 9
avatar "Powered by Discourse" should be on by default 8

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avatar The Evil Bouncy Castle of Settings and Customize 32
avatar What's the vision for the Discourse design system? 16
avatar Improved code block sizing & color scheme 16
avatar Quote bar alignment on mobile 13
avatar Make the default chat view DMs (rather than Channels) 11

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avatar Improved code block sizing & color scheme 39
avatar Remove overriding of cmd/ctrl-f 34
avatar Why is ‘delete account’ not offered automatically to all users at all times? 33
avatar Wouldn't "Send Message" be clearer than "Message"? 28
avatar "Powered by Discourse" should be on by default 27

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avatar Improved code block sizing & color scheme 27
avatar The Evil Bouncy Castle of Settings and Customize 26
avatar "Powered by Discourse" should be on by default 24
avatar Should the "Proofread Text" with AI button be moved next to "Create Topic"? 23
avatar Short date format on old posts: YYYY vs 'YY 23
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Top #Data & reporting Topics

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avatar What can crawlers see? 16
avatar Average number of members' replies per topic (excluding staff) 16
avatar Anonymous views suddenly very high 12
avatar Can someone tell me how these pageview statistics are even happening? 11

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avatar Can someone tell me how these pageview statistics are even happening? 17
avatar Badge query for each time posting on a new topic in a category? 17
avatar What can crawlers see? 17
avatar Understanding what our users are posting about 16
avatar Average number of members' replies per topic (excluding staff) 16
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Top #SSO Topics

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avatar Integration into custom auth system where emails are not unique? 8

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avatar Integration into custom auth system where emails are not unique? 39
avatar OAUTH2 basic - a nightmare :frowning: 20
avatar Memberstack + Webflow + Discourse OpenID Connect 14
avatar Get logged in user info from another website 11

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avatar Integration into custom auth system where emails are not unique? 19
avatar Get logged in user info from another website 18
avatar OAUTH2 basic - a nightmare :frowning: 16
avatar Bluesky Oauth Support 11
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Top #Community Topics

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avatar A note on political forums 29
avatar Grow my community 23
avatar What about medium tech? 21
avatar Seeking Feedback On My New Site 13
avatar Have you assembled a moderator team? 10

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avatar Discourse has slowly been solving a fatigue I didn't realize I had 23
avatar A note on political forums 19
avatar What about medium tech? 17
avatar Feedback on Our Community 13
avatar Some of the tactics I use to strengthen my community! 12

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avatar Seeking Feedback On My New Site 58
avatar Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"? 51
avatar Grow my community 48
avatar What about medium tech? 43
avatar A note on political forums 39

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avatar Discourse has slowly been solving a fatigue I didn't realize I had 31
avatar A note on political forums 30
avatar What about medium tech? 28
avatar Grow my community 27
avatar Feedback on Our Community 25

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avatar Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"? 10
avatar A note on political forums 8
avatar Replying with an audio recording instead of text 5
avatar Grow my community 5
avatar What about medium tech? 5
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Top #Theme component Topics

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avatar Discourse Bars :beers: :cocktail: (a sidebar framework) 32
avatar Quick Profile Links Menu 11
avatar Notification Banners 10
avatar Be the first to reply 8
avatar Filtered Topic Lists 8

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avatar Discourse Bars :beers: :cocktail: (a sidebar framework) 47
avatar Emoji Fluff 24
avatar Be the first to reply 23
avatar Notification Banners 21
avatar Chat Sidebar 19

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avatar Topic List Previews Theme Component 74
avatar Voice Recorder Component 73
avatar Discourse Bars :beers: :cocktail: (a sidebar framework) 52
avatar Clickable Social Icon Links on Profile 40
avatar Breadcrumb Links 34

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avatar Discourse Bars :beers: :cocktail: (a sidebar framework) 44
avatar Be the first to reply 31
avatar Notification Banners 30
avatar Filtered Topic Lists 28
avatar Quick Profile Links Menu 26

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avatar Notification Banners 12
avatar Discourse Bars :beers: :cocktail: (a sidebar framework) 10
avatar Filtered Topic Lists 10
avatar :arrow_down: Dropdown Header 7
avatar Custom Homepage for Groups 6
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Top #Migration Topics

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avatar Migrating vBulletin 5 database - Import attachments errors about attachment extension 18
avatar Re: Migrate a phpBB3 forum to Discourse 15
avatar Xenforo 2.3 Migration 12
avatar How to change topic date after import 11

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avatar Xenforo 2.3 Migration 17
avatar How to change topic date after import 16
avatar Re: Migrate a phpBB3 forum to Discourse 16
avatar Migrating vBulletin 5 database - Import attachments errors about attachment extension 15
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Top #Praise Topics

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avatar Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) 24

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avatar Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) 86
avatar Thank You Discourse - Incredible Software 47
avatar Thank you, Discourse, for everything! 43
avatar I've been using Discourse daily for 8 years 28
avatar "Your Efforts Are Paying Off" 23

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avatar Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) 21

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avatar Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) 64
avatar Thank You Discourse - Incredible Software 33
avatar Thank you, Discourse, for everything! 30
avatar I've been using Discourse daily for 8 years 22
avatar "Your Efforts Are Paying Off" 18

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avatar Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) 10
avatar Post your Discourse T-shirt, socks and other swag pics! 5
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Top #Plugin Topics

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avatar Journal Plugin 13
avatar Click To Edit 12

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avatar Click To Edit 25
avatar Discourse Chatbot :robot: 18
avatar ActivityPub Plugin 17
avatar User Response Times 16
avatar Journal Plugin 16

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avatar ActivityPub Plugin 205
avatar Discourse Chatbot :robot: 134
avatar Locations Plugin 92
avatar Discourse AI Topic Summary :robot: 73
avatar Landing Pages Plugin :small_airplane: 54

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avatar Click To Edit 32
avatar Journal Plugin 26
avatar Post folding 24
avatar Globally replace translations 22
avatar User Response Times 17

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avatar Discourse Chatbot :robot: 9
avatar Landing Pages Plugin :small_airplane: 8
avatar Journal Plugin 8
avatar Locations Plugin 7
avatar ActivityPub Plugin 6
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Top #Theme Topics

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avatar Transit - A Public Tranportation theme 12
avatar FKB Pro - Social theme 11

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avatar FKB Pro - Social theme 124
avatar Battle Axe - A free theme by the Tappara.co hockey community 28
avatar DarkPixlz's Modern Theme 25

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avatar Transit - A Public Tranportation theme 16
avatar NateDhaliwal's Theme 12
avatar Very Modest Theme 11
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