When you copy a link via the Share button Discourse appends “?u=jooize” (in my case). I want to disable this, can I do that without modifying the source code?

This should do it <script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8"> const later = require("@ember/runloop").later; api.modifyClass("component:share-popup", { _focusUrl() { this._super(...arguments); // Needs later because of https://git.io/JfmTU later(() => { i…

What’s bothering you with that query string?

Our community is privacy conscious and when you might want to link something under a different identity you don’t want to accidentally include your username.

It would also make certain badges impossible to achieve, though. I understand the concern, I guess..

Which badges? The Shares? Well…if the community is private I kind of see Sharing a moot point. From my POV as a private-community owner, I honestly wouldn’t want sharing in the first place, except to allow users to link within the community itself for the purpose of writing replies. Don’t know i…

[image] purldator: Don’t know if it’s an option to turn all that off and disable/remove default badges like Shares. Yes, this can be done in /admin/badges. Select the badge for example Nice Share then scroll down to the bottom and uncheck the the Enable Badge checkmark box. [image] [im…

This is not configurable now, you would need a source level modification to disable it. Open to adding a site setting if you wish.

We would really appreciate that, @sam .

[image] jooize: I want to disable this, can I do that without modifying the source code? This can now be done in a theme component, @Johani if you can swing this in 15 minutes can you demo how it would be done.

Disable “?u=<user>” in shared links

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sam (Sam Saffron) February 19, 2015, 1:00pm 9

Sure, but someone is going to have to contribute this.

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Disable “?u=<user>” in shared links

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