Today on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- New Posts: 115
- New Topics: 19
Top Contributors:
- pfaffman (21 likes, 10 posts)
- Moin (15 likes, 5 posts)
- sam (12 likes, 7 posts)
- Arkshine (10 likes, 7 posts)
- matthewnichols (8 likes, 5 posts)
Interesting Topics
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A user sought help with managing bot spam on their forum. pfaffman and Moin suggested implementing Akismet and reviewing the spam prevention guide.
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matthewnichols inquired about supporting zip file uploads in forums. pfaffman confirmed this was possible through authorized_extensions settings.
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A discussion arose about blocking moderators, where it was clarified that while staff can’t be ignored, they can be muted through preferences.
Announcements #tag:ai
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sam announced Amazon Nova support for Discourse AI, highlighting competitive pricing and extensive context window capabilities.
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Important updates were shared regarding the deprecation of NSFW detection and Toxicity detection modules in favor of AI triage.
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Users reported issues with page width shrinking on certain topics, which Arkshine identified as being caused by leaky CSS from embedded content.
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A regression was reported regarding missing participant counts in the event component, with a fix already merged.
- Discussion continued about training AI bot on community data, with Falco providing guidance on uploading files to personas.
- A user asked about migrating from Flarum to Discourse, with community members pointing to available migration scripts.
- Chris_Dawson successfully developed a plugin for triggering external service actions during Discourse login.
- Updates were shared about the Reddit-ish theme for Discourse, with users requesting additional sidebar functionality.
#Category
- jKlaus sought advice on consolidating multiple Discourse instances into a single installation, with pfaffman providing guidance on merging sites.
- Discussion about Discourse integration with Bevy platform, with HAWK noting potential for sponsored development.
#Integrations #tag:ai
- Detailed instructions were provided for configuring Amazon Bedrock services for Discourse AI features.
Activity by the @team Group
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sam was particularly active, announcing Amazon Nova support and providing technical guidance on AI Web Artifacts.
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blake contributed to multiple discussions, including updating currency options for the Subscriptions plugin and addressing subscription update issues.
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HAWK provided insights on Bevy integration possibilities and helped clarify user blocking functionality.
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awesomerobot investigated CSS issues related to page width problems and provided guidance on spam prevention.
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Lilly offered support on IP address blocking.
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lindsey shared updates about DM list improvements, including increased channel limits and fixed ordering issues.
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Falco provided guidance on AI bot training and embeddings optimization.
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again tomorrow! 