# Why does the user list remain empty?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-user-list-remain-empty/52234>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [October 30, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-user-list-remain-empty/52234 "2016-10-30T15:22:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![elliem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/elliem/32/121451_2.png) [@elliem](https://meta.discourse.org/u/elliem)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2016, 3:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-the-user-list-remain-empty/52234/1 "2016-10-30T15:22:27Z")

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I have a fresh Discourse installed on DigitalOcean _(followed ssh instructions)_

After creating 5 users, and visiting /users page it always _“No results were found.”_  
What could be wrong? This happens for both logged in and logged out users. Also settings box is ticked to show users list.

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/f/0fb53d734631fdb2896d3a3f02f9ad6a6edd5bec.png)

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