Daily Summary (9pm UTC)

[Discourse]

Today on meta.discourse.org…

Key Stats

• New posts: 118
• New topics: 14

Top users:

1. Moin (28 likes, 12 posts)
2. Lilly (7 likes, 4 posts)
3. ToddZ (6 likes, 3 posts)
4. Jagster (6 likes, 4 posts)
5. Tris20 (6 likes, 2 posts)
6. Saif (6 likes, 3 posts)
7. nathank (6 likes, 4 posts)
8. omarfilip (5 likes, 6 posts)
9. sam (5 likes, 5 posts)
10. simonk (4 likes, 2 posts)

Interesting Topics

Bug

• Jagster reported an issue with sharing AI conversations as detail blocks were missing. sam identified it as a FontAwesome 6 regression, and Don suggested adding ‘far-copy’ to the SVG icon subset site setting as a workaround. read more

Support

• Jonathan5 inquired about creating big headings based on category descriptions. Moin provided a link to category banners, while NateDhaliwal shared information about tag banners. read more

• cmahns reported issues with edits not displaying and timing out, sharing an error log related to ActiveRecord::Associations::CollectionProxy. read more

• heo asked about customizing trust level promotion messages for new users, specifically inquiring about the difference between titles and subject_templates. read more

• Ryan_Hyer sought advice on clearing the mailq after resolving email configuration issues with Mail-Receiver. read more

UX

• Moin discussed the new sidebar design on tablets, highlighting inconsistencies in styling between desktop and mobile versions. Jagster agreed, mentioning difficulties in reading headings on iPad. read more

• Tris20 proposed adding an edit button next to user profile pictures to make it easier for new users to upload profile pictures. Lilly supported the idea, especially for mobile views. read more

• ToddZ suggested improving user profile organization and workflow, proposing changes to make the process more intuitive for users. read more

• T_Disco pointed out inconsistencies in the leaderboard link experience when ‘hide user profiles from public’ is enabled. read more

Feature

• hellekin supported the idea of triggering moderator attention instead of auto-hiding flags, suggesting improvements to the flagging system. read more

• Mayur proposed adding a cooldown timer after each vote in the topic voting plugin to reduce voting abuse. read more

Theme component

• ToddZ requested improvements to the User Card Directory component, suggesting options for default timespan and sorting order. Moin provided guidance on customizing the directory view. read more

• BH10 asked about customizing the Easy Responsive Footer component to adjust the layout of categories and social media links. read more

Community

• j127 shared experiences with AI-based spam and proposed ideas for improving spam detection, including recording additional data when posts are saved. read more

• Thomas_Rother discussed the potential for implementing Matrix protocol for chat, outlining steps needed to move forward with the project. read more

Activity by the @team Group

• Lilly participated in discussions about improving user profile organization and adding an edit button for profile pictures.

• Saif created a guide on setting up NSFW detection in communities using the Discourse AI Post Classifier.

• sam provided insights on AI bot chat activities and disabling AI chat in personal DMs.

• lindsey addressed issues related to double buttons in the posting section and discussed improving error messages for bookmark limits.

• Bas offered advice on gamification beyond leaderboards, suggesting the use of Automation for custom features.

• awesomerobot explained the behavior of topic footer controls based on browser window height.

• Falco clarified how semantic search for related topics works in the Discourse AI plugin.

Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again tomorrow!