Hey, I have setup an discourse site and i don’t know why i get this information message on top of my screen. It says Let’s get this discussion started! There are currently 2 / 5 topics and 5 / 30 posts. New visitors need some conversations to read and respond to. What does this mean? what does…

The 2 in 2/5 means that 2 topics have been posted, and that 5 in total are required. The 5 in 5/30 means that 5 posts have been posted, and 30 posts are required. :slight_smile:

Thanks, but why are 5 topics and 30 posts required? After completing this what will happen to the discourse? I mean, will it exit from bootstrap mode?

[image] alphaman: I mean, will it exit from bootstrap mode? Yes, once both requirements are reached, bootstrap mode is disabled.

One more point - this is only visible to your site’s staff.. your users wouldn’t have to see it. See more here: [image] Remove "discussion started!"message when a Private forum Support Where a Discourse forum is configured as private but does have substa…

It might be better if the message said that it was staff-only.

I think it does? Haven’t seen it in a while though, and new discourse admins may not recognize what it all means.

It doesn’t explicitly say that; only that the message will eventually go away.

Thanks @watchmanmonitor , i do know that it is only visible to Staffs, thanks for getting me let know what it is actually :slight_smile:

To me, the meaning of the message is clear. Let’s get this discussion started! There are currently 2 / 5 topics and 5 / 30 posts. New visitors need some conversations to read and respond to. But it could be argued that the message, as it is, doesn’t pass the “don’t make me think” rule. Maybe …

[image] Mittineague: Let’s get this discussion started!There are currently 2 topics and 5 posts. New visitors need at least 5 topics and 30 posts to read and respond to. I agree with this one ^ and there are so many TYPOS in discourse. I will post them as a new topic at bug section @codinghor…

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watchmanmonitor (Allen Hancock) Juillet 10, 2016, 8:29 6

One more point - this is only visible to your site’s staff.. your users wouldn’t have to see it.

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