Can someone please help me understand why this was removed, what the rationale was and what initiative/functionality replaced it? (If any) UX: Remove Bootstrap Mode (#37694) committed 07:46PM - 17 Feb 26 UTC (UTC) …

For background, see previously: [afbeelding] What is Bootstrap Mode To help a new install get started quickly, bootstrap mode boosts new user’s initial trust level to 1 as long as there are less than 50 members (and for an additional 24 hours after that). After that, you hopefully have enough po…

Bootstrap mode was more than TL1 and more frequent activity summary emails. Those can quite easily be replicated by changing site settings. But I don’t know any setting for updating the user directory. [afbeelding] Understanding and managing bootstrap mode Effects of bootstrap mode During bootst…

Bootstrap mode had been effectively disabled for a long time, the site setting was default: false for at least a year. And as a setting for new sites, that essentially means that we weren’t using the feature. It has been replaced by the admin onboarding panel: …

[afbeelding] pmusaraj: Bootstrap mode had been effectively disabled for a long time, the site setting was default: false for at least a year. That statement really surprises me. Especially since, about a year and a half before you removed it, one of the product managers had noted that more do…

Good question, I need to research better how this used to work.

Ok, you are right, I completely missed how this used to work. [afbeelding] Moin: Could it be that there was a job that enabled bootstrap mode instead? Yes, you are right. It was enabled at the time that we removed the feature. (We had disabled it on some scenarios for our hosting.) And on c…

[afbeelding] pmusaraj: granting TL1 to the first group of new users That’s actually what I found least helpful. The “first day” limitations apply to users at TL1 just as much as they do to those at TL0; if you want users to be able to post more on their first day, you have to promote them to …

[afbeelding] Moin: I also liked that the user directory was updated more frequently. I understand why it is not possible with many users. But wouldn’t it be possible to do this until a certain number of users is reached? Yes, this is possible. Currently we update the daily user directory view…

[afbeelding] pmusaraj: This PR DEV: refresh user directory more often for sites with few users · Pull Request #39852 · discourse/discourse will update all views every hour for a site with less than 100 users (hidden setting for now). What is it set to normally? I never even noticed that /u do…

It depends on the view. The Daily view is updated every hour, the other views are updated every day. So when you join a site, if you go quickly to the directory and you land on the weekly view, you won’t see yourself there immediately.

Bootstrap mode is legacy?

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Ed_S (Ed S) 8 mei 2026 om 11:36 2

For background, see previously:

Topic		Antwoorden	Weergaven
Confusion on Bootstrap mode Support bootstrap-mode	17	3288	11 juli 2023
Bootstrap mode - effects? Support bootstrap-mode	6	207	21 september 2024
What is Bootstrap Mode Support bootstrap-mode	11	29237	24 januari 2021
Bootstrap mode meaning Support bootstrap-mode	4	1077	20 mei 2023
Bootstrap does not appear to be working Support bootstrap-mode	4	736	4 augustus 2019

Bootstrap mode is legacy?

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