All the instructions on both Discourse and Patreon’s site instructs end-users to claim benefits by registering a new account via Patreon. What about veteran/existing end-users, or those that register via an alt login type (Facebook, etc)? PS - can we add this answer to the Patreon setup docs, too? …

It can’t, you would need to make the association. Presumably it works the same way as other social accounts in the users profile?

You can’t connect new social accounts unless you register EDIT: Whoa, it does exist - but I can’t find this on my forum, even when updated to the latest. I wonder why? O__O Meta: [image] My forum doesn’t have this section. How do I add it?

Have you enabled Patreon in your site settings in admin/site_settings/category/plugins and entered your details?

Wait, I found the reason (not solution) here: [image] How do I enable Associated Accounts with 2FA? Support On my site ( https://discuss.openedx.org ), I don’t see Associated Accounts when I go to edit my profile, like I do when I edit my profile here. But…

Apparently, this feature got approved in 2018, but does not seem to be working (unless there’s some setting I checked to hide it, but I cannot find such): https://review.discourse.org/t/feature-allow-connecting-associated-accounts-when-two-factor-is-enabled-6754/698

To add, this is what new users see to register: [image] However, this is all that shows up to a user that doesn’t have 2FA: [image] Only FB? Discord may have been a 3rd-party plugin (I can’t recall - why this associated account link would be off-topic), but Patreon is the official plugin – how…

How do existing Discourse end-users link Patreon?

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dylanh724 (dh) April 13, 2020, 7:28am 5

Yep - we actually have multiple logins, including Patreon, but none of these “associated accounts” appear in profile:

https://forum.imperium42.com

How do I enable Associated Accounts with 2FA?

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