This week on meta.discourse.org…
Key Stats
- Total New Posts: 555
- Total New Topics: 78
Top Users of the Week:
- Moin: 27 posts, 73 likes
- CocoQuark: 30 posts, 37 likes
- MihirR: 55 posts, 29 likes
- Jagster: 28 posts, 28 likes
- RGJ: 8 posts, 28 likes
- Heliosurge: 20 posts, 27 likes
- Don: 9 posts, 27 likes
- sam: 18 posts, 26 likes
- NateDhaliwal: 22 posts, 26 likes
- tobiaseigen: 16 posts, 25 likes
Interesting Topics
Support
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Restricting Profile Visibility for Low Trust Level Users: A lively discussion emerged around the new feature restricting profile visibility for low-trust-level users. Robin.Grant raised concerns about its impact on private communities, and tobiaseigen shared potential workarounds. The team acknowledged the need for further tweaks. Read more.
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Flood of Password Reset Requests: ale-re reported an issue with bots exploiting the
/about
page to generate password reset requests. The solution involved enabling thelogin required
setting. Read more. -
Docker Rate Limit Error on Rebuild: LotusJeff encountered rate limit issues during a rebuild. The problem was traced to IPv6 configurations on DigitalOcean, and disabling IPv6 resolved the issue. Read more.
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Twitch Clips Embed Issue: RGJ identified a bug with embedding Twitch clips due to incorrect
parent
parameters. The issue appears to be related to Twitch’s embed code. Read more. -
Signup Issues with hCaptcha: A misconfiguration of hCaptcha keys caused signup failures. tobiaseigen provided guidance and submitted a pull request to improve admin interface warnings. Read more.
UX
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Enter vs. Shift+Enter in Chat: A debate on whether Enter should submit messages or create new lines in chat led to a planned update to make this behavior configurable. joffreyjaffeux is working on the implementation. Read more.
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Avatars Overlapping Focus State on Mobile: NateDhaliwal reported a visual issue with avatars overlapping the focus state on mobile. The problem was confirmed across multiple themes. Read more.
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Simplifying Profile Picture Changes: A feature request to streamline profile picture updates was discussed, with Lilly suggesting a theme component by Don. Read more.
Bug
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Glimmer Topic List Hides Solved Checkbox: Lilly reported that the
glimmer topic list mode
setting hides the solved status in topic lists. The issue is under review. Read more. -
Profile Click Bug in Chat: MihirR identified a bug where clicking a user’s name in chat caused the interface to break. joffreyjaffeux confirmed the issue and plans to address it in January. Read more.
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Details Expanding from Bottom: A bug with the “Hide Details” feature was reported by Moin, who provided a video demonstration. The issue appears to depend on browser window size. Read more.
Announcements
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AI-Powered Spam Detection: sam shared updates on the AI spam detection system, which successfully caught all spam over the weekend. Custom instructions were key to its success. Read more.
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All AI Features Available on Standard and Business Plans: Discourse announced that all AI features are now accessible on Standard and Business hosting plans. Read more.
Feature
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Solved Finder Button for Staff: Don proposed a feature to help staff quickly identify solutions in lengthy topics. The idea received positive feedback. Read more.
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Control Section Expansion in Docs Plugin: jrgong suggested adding controls to the Docs Categories plugin to manage whether sections are expanded or collapsed by default. Read more.
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Graph of Cheers History: ethandacat proposed a feature to visualize a user’s cheer history, akin to GitHub’s contribution heatmap. Read more.
Praise
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Best Wishes for 2025: BrianC shared a heartfelt message wishing the community a happy new year and expressing appreciation for Discourse. Read more.
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Thanks for Easy Installation: Jagster praised the relatively smooth installation process for Discourse, comparing it favorably to other platforms. Read more.
Activity by the @team Group
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tobiaseigen participated in discussions about restricting profile visibility, hCaptcha issues, and Docs plugin improvements.
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sam shared updates on the AI spam detection system and confirmed the deprecation of the Encrypt plugin in multiple threads, including this one.
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joffreyjaffeux worked on making chat behavior configurable (read more) and acknowledged a bug with profile clicks in chat (read more).
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Falco provided solutions for Docker rebuild issues (read more) and addressed concerns about AI token usage in PM summaries (read more).
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Lilly reported a bug with the
glimmer topic list mode
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david clarified the scope of a new admin setting to suppress PMs from the UI (read more).
Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you again next week!