# Site contact username is using a real user instead of system default

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-contact-username-is-using-a-real-user-instead-of-system-default/26660
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [23 Março , 2015 13:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-contact-username-is-using-a-real-user-instead-of-system-default/26660 "2015-03-23T13:32:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![erlend\_sh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/erlend_sh/32/119475_2.png) [@erlend\_sh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/erlend_sh)
#### Post date: [23 Março , 2015 13:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-contact-username-is-using-a-real-user-instead-of-system-default/26660/1 "2015-03-23T13:32:40Z")

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Even though our forum is set to the default - `site_contact_username` is blank - Discourse for some reason decided to [assign one our our users](http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/admin/users/pspeed) as this contact. He noticed this happening starting with v1.3, still occurring now in v1.3-beta3.

I don’t know what else to give you, but let me know if you’d like access to our forum or anything like that.

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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [23 Março , 2015 22:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-contact-username-is-using-a-real-user-instead-of-system-default/26660/2 "2015-03-23T22:48:13Z")

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This is by design:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/lib/discourse.rb#L231-L235>

I think the design is correct, but we should improve the copy there on the site setting @codinghorror

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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [4 Dezembro , 2025 11:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/site-contact-username-is-using-a-real-user-instead-of-system-default/26660/3 "2025-12-04T11:35:47Z")

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