A discussion arose about moving the “Proofread Text” AI button next to “Create Topic” in the composer. sam suggested teaching users about proofreading for their first few posts and potentially doing background proofreading as users type. keegan proposed automatically proofreading posts when hitting reply if users opt-in.
Users reported an issue where typing in the users’ search window is stopped unexpectedly. This was linked to a previously reported focus shift problem while searching the user directory.
jbrains sought advice on archiving a site, specifically looking for strategies to mine comments for content when retiring comments from a blog using Discourse.
sam participated in a discussion about moving the “Proofread Text” AI button, suggesting ways to teach users about proofreading and potential background proofreading features.
Falco explained that changing AI persona models is primarily for developer testing, and mentioned plans to lock personas to a single model by default in the future.
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
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
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
j127 shared experiences with AI-based spam and proposed ideas for improving spam detection, including recording additional data when posts are saved. read more
NateDhaliwal sought help with putting a template in a desired outlet for a persistent banner component. david provided guidance on using htmlSafe and accessing settings directly in gjs templates. The discussion led to improvements in error messages for helper usage in gjs read more.
joo asked about triggering AI-generated replies when users create new topics or posts. sam mentioned ongoing work to add this functionality to personas, while cautioning about potential noise in topics read more.
NateDhaliwal implemented several improvements to the Discourse Persistent Banner theme component, including options for placement, border customization, and support for theme variables read more.
sam shared thoughts on AI-based spam, discussing potential improvements to spam detection and raising philosophical questions about the value of AI-generated content in forums read more.
<h1><a name="today-on-metadiscourseorg-1" class="anchor" href="#today-on-metadiscourseorg-1"></a>Today on <a href="http://meta.discourse.org">meta.discourse.org</a>…</h1>
<h2><a name="key-stats-2" class="anchor" href="#key-stats-2"></a>Key Stats</h2>
<p>In the last 24 hours:</p>
<ul>
<li>New posts: 82</li>
<li>New topics: 14</li>
</ul>
<p>Top users:</p>
<ol>
<li><a class="mention" href="/u/mcatakcin">MCATAKCIN</a> (12 likes, 6 posts)</li>
<li><a class="mention" href="/u/mcwumbly">mcwumbly</a> (10 likes, 1 post)</li>
<li><a class="mention" href="/u/moin">Moin</a> (9 likes, 8 posts)</li>
<li><a class="mention" href="/u/denvergeeks">denvergeeks</a> (6 likes, 3 posts)</li>
<li><a class="mention" href="/u/t_disco">T_Disco</a> (4 likes, 4 posts)</li>
</ol>
<h2><a name="interesting-topics-3" class="anchor" href="#interesting-topics-3"></a>Interesting Topics</h2>
<h3><a name="support-4" class="anchor" href="#support-4"></a><a class="hashtag-cooked" href="/c/support/6?silent=true" data-type="category" data-slug="support" data-id="6"><span class="hashtag-icon-placeholder"><svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-square-full svg-icon svg-node"><use href="#square-full"></use></svg></span><span>Support</span></a></h3>
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<p><a class="mention" href="/u/mcatakcin">MCATAKCIN</a> sought advice on <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/330270?silent=true">customizing the Reddit-ish theme</a> to achieve a Twitter-like layout with three equidistant columns. <a class="mention" href="/u/denvergeeks">denvergeeks</a> provided a CSS solution to make the columns responsive.</p>
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<p>A user encountered issues with <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/331313?silent=true">changing SMTP credentials</a> during email service provider migration. The rebuild was failing, but <a class="mention" href="/u/pfaffman">pfaffman</a> suggested an alternative approach using <code>./launcher destroy app</code> and <code>./launcher start app</code> to apply new SMTP settings.</p>
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<p><a class="mention" href="/u/cédric_brunet">Cédric_Brunet</a> reported a problem where the <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/331364?silent=true">AI bot only answered admin accounts</a>. <a class="mention" href="/u/falco">Falco</a> suggested changing the AI plugin settings from “everyone” to “trust_level_0” to resolve the issue.</p>
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<p><a class="mention" href="/u/copymonopoly">copymonopoly</a> inquired about <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/331345?silent=true">setting minimum username length for new users</a> while preserving existing shorter usernames. <a class="mention" href="/u/pfaffman">pfaffman</a> advised creating an “old users” group with flair to distinguish them.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="ux-5" class="anchor" href="#ux-5"></a><a class="hashtag-cooked" href="/c/ux/9?silent=true" data-type="category" data-slug="ux" data-id="9"><span class="hashtag-icon-placeholder"><svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-square-full svg-icon svg-node"><use href="#square-full"></use></svg></span><span>UX</span></a></h3>
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<p><a class="mention" href="/u/t_disco">T_Disco</a> suggested <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/331359?silent=true">displaying tags next to categories</a> on Activity and Notifications tabs for consistency and improved information display.</p>
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<p><a class="mention" href="/u/phanirithvij">phanirithvij</a> proposed adding a <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/331360?silent=true">solution indicator in the vertical scrollbar</a> for solved questions in the help category. <a class="mention" href="/u/awesomerobot">awesomerobot</a> acknowledged the idea and shared a potential design mockup.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="feature-6" class="anchor" href="#feature-6"></a><a class="hashtag-cooked" href="/c/feature/2?silent=true" data-type="category" data-slug="feature" data-id="2"><span class="hashtag-icon-placeholder"><svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-square-full svg-icon svg-node"><use href="#square-full"></use></svg></span><span>Feature</span></a></h3>
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<li><a class="mention" href="/u/t_disco">T_Disco</a> questioned whether users <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/331404?silent=true">should be able to vote for their own topics</a>, suggesting either disabling self-voting or adding a setting to control this behavior.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="installation-7" class="anchor" href="#installation-7"></a><a class="hashtag-cooked" href="/c/installation/31?silent=true" data-type="category" data-slug="installation" data-id="31"><span class="hashtag-icon-placeholder"><svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-square-full svg-icon svg-node"><use href="#square-full"></use></svg></span><span>Installation</span></a></h3>
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<li><a class="mention" href="/u/peternlewis">peternlewis</a> reported <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/330901?silent=true">difficulties upgrading to Discourse 3.3</a>, with the process failing. <a class="mention" href="/u/pfaffman">pfaffman</a> suggested upgrading Docker as a potential solution.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="theme-8" class="anchor" href="#theme-8"></a><a class="hashtag-cooked" href="/c/theme/61?silent=true" data-type="category" data-slug="theme" data-id="61"><span class="hashtag-icon-placeholder"><svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-square-full svg-icon svg-node"><use href="#square-full"></use></svg></span><span>Theme</span></a></h3>
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<li><a class="mention" href="/u/mcatakcin">MCATAKCIN</a> shared their success in <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/269466/66?silent=true">building a community with the Reddit-ish theme</a>, reaching almost 1,000 members in a month. They sought advice on customizing the theme further for a Twitter-like layout.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="developer-guides-9" class="anchor" href="#developer-guides-9"></a><span class="hashtag-raw">#Developer</span> Guides</h3>
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<li><a class="mention" href="/u/pento">pento</a> encountered an error when <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/102009/300?silent=true">running <code>d/boot_dev --init</code></a> and provided a potential fix by adding a database creation step to the boot script.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="plugin-10" class="anchor" href="#plugin-10"></a><a class="hashtag-cooked" href="/c/plugin/22?silent=true" data-type="category" data-slug="plugin" data-id="22"><span class="hashtag-icon-placeholder"><svg class="fa d-icon d-icon-square-full svg-icon svg-node"><use href="#square-full"></use></svg></span><span>Plugin</span></a></h3>
<ul>
<li><a class="mention" href="/u/paulswithers">paulswithers</a> inquired about <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/322376/80?silent=true">changing icons for specific links</a> in the Discourse Doc Categories plugin, noting that it appears to be hard-coded. <a class="mention" href="/u/marcp">MarcP</a> supported the idea, suggesting emojis as an alternative to FontAwesome icons.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="self-hosting-11" class="anchor" href="#self-hosting-11"></a><span class="hashtag-raw">#Self-Hosting</span></h3>
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<li><a class="mention" href="/u/denis_didkovsky">Denis_Didkovsky</a> asked for clarification on the <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/7229/267?silent=true">current guide for setting up S3 file and image uploads</a>, reporting issues with broken images despite successful S3 uploads.</li>
</ul>
<h3><a name="site-management-12" class="anchor" href="#site-management-12"></a><span class="hashtag-raw">#Site</span> Management</h3>
<ul>
<li><a class="mention" href="/u/isambard">Isambard</a> inquired about <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/123464/3?silent=true">viewing a user’s flagging accuracy</a> and suggested adjusting the number of flags considered for accuracy calculation based on forum size or using an exponential decay factor.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="activity-by-the-team-group-13" class="anchor" href="#activity-by-the-team-group-13"></a>Activity by the <a class="mention-group" href="/groups/team?silent=true">@team</a> Group</h2>
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<p><a class="mention" href="/u/mcwumbly">mcwumbly</a> published the <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/330996?silent=true">October 2024 Current Projects update</a>, highlighting ongoing work on the composer redesign, a new look and feel config page, and other initiatives.</p>
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<p><a class="mention" href="/u/awesomerobot">awesomerobot</a> responded to a suggestion about <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/331360/2?silent=true">adding a solution indicator in the vertical scrollbar</a>, acknowledging the idea and sharing a potential design mockup for implementation.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a class="mention" href="/u/falco">Falco</a> provided a solution for an issue where the <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/331364/2?silent=true">AI bot was only answering admin accounts</a>, suggesting a change in the AI plugin settings.</p>
</li>
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<p><a class="mention" href="/u/chapoi">chapoi</a> addressed a report about the <a href="https://meta.discourse.org/t/-/330162/10?silent=true">new sidebar design on tablets</a>, mentioning the addition of a divider as originally intended.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again tomorrow! <img src="https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=12" title=":slight_smile:" class="emoji" alt=":slight_smile:" width="20" height="20"></p>
natが、「Powered by Discourse」リンクの変更についてガイダンスを提供し、Abdul_Hananのためにカスタマイズオプションを提案しました。また、Discourse Jira プラグインは Jira Cloud の API を使用して構築されたものであり、Jira DC では機能しない可能性があると説明しました。
A discussion about simplifying forum interfaces was started by Firsh, with awesomerobot suggesting ways to streamline the UX including hiding embedded replies and timeline reply buttons.