This is my 5th time setting up Discourse, and in each of the previous 4 attempts, I’ve been able to use the $6/month Droplet to get the job done. But now DO says life with Discourse starts at the $12/month price point. In 2019, this was $5/month. Then it went up to $6. Now it’s $12? That’s more th…

[image] pearsonified: If you set up a new Droplet and choose Discourse as your pre-installed software, every price option under the $12 price point is grayed out. Don’t do that. You should follow the standard install instructions and install it yourself. My https://dashboard.literatecomputing…

Bottom line: Is Discourse now $12/month minimum on DigitalOcean? 😔 [Not yet! 🙂]

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) December 9, 2023, 8:14pm 16

For incoming mail for Discourse, Configure direct-delivery incoming email for self-hosted sites is free and pretty easy.

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Bottom line: Is Discourse now $12/month minimum on DigitalOcean? 😔 [Not yet! 🙂]

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