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## [A quick review of Communiteq](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-quick-review-of-communiteq/13113)

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**Author:** [@zenkamal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zenkamal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-quick-review-of-communiteq/13113 "2014-03-01T14:58:00Z")

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Haven’t seen any formal reviews of paid discourse hosting, so here’s a brief one. Requirements: I’m starting/helping two new forums, using Discourse for each, and chose Communiteq (formerly DiscourseHosting) to get the …

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## [Get notifications via the API](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-notifications-via-the-api/120951)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2025, 7:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/get-notifications-via-the-api/120951 "2025-09-22T07:30:15Z")

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If you have an existing website or application and you would like to encourage discussion on your Discourse forum it can be helpful to display Discourse notifications inside of your application. This guide will show you …

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## [Configuring LLM Usage Quotas in Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-llm-usage-quotas-in-discourse-ai/348125)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/configuring-llm-usage-quotas-in-discourse-ai/348125 "2025-01-21T06:53:40Z")

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:bookmark: This guide explains how to configure and manage usage quotas for Large Language Models (LLMs) in Discourse AI. :person\_raising\_hand: Required user level: Administrator Summary LLM Usage Quotas allow admini…

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## [Simplified Large Language Model (LLM) configurations for Discourse AI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-large-language-model-llm-configurations-for-discourse-ai/319887)

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**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/simplified-large-language-model-llm-configurations-for-discourse-ai/319887 "2024-08-09T06:48:05Z")

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:partying\_face: We are proud to announce that we have finally shipped the new LLM settings page available through the Discourse AI plugin (/admin/plugins/discourse-ai/ai-llms) Whats new? A dedicated page for al…

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## [Using Discourse for online office](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-online-office/73671)

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**Author:** [@Andy\_White1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Andy_White1)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 8, 2017, 4:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-for-online-office/73671 "2017-11-08T04:21:27Z")

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I set up the PCG (now IPSE) back in 1999 with 2000 other Freelancers. It was the first example of Crowd Funding in the UK and we organised the very first Smart Mob when 700 Freelancers turned up at House of Commons to Gr…

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## [Change Online (x) text to pulsing green dot](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-online-x-text-to-pulsing-green-dot/197477)

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**Author:** [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2021, 8:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-online-x-text-to-pulsing-green-dot/197477 "2021-07-17T20:17:51Z")

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Hello, I made a little modification with Who’s Online Plugin. This will change the Online (x) with a pulsing green dot. Original Custom Change the js.whos\_online.title default Online ({{count}}) text in /admin/c…

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## [Discourse Will Never Block You From the Web](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-will-never-block-you-from-the-web/403381)

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**Author:** [@ducks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ducks)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2026, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-will-never-block-you-from-the-web/403381 "2026-05-20T08:02:46Z")

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Reddit is pushing mobile users out of the browser and into its app because apps give platforms more control, more data, and more ways to monetise attention. Discourse takes the opposite position. This is a companion di…

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## [Any interest in open source Learning management system chrome extension?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-interest-in-open-source-learning-management-system-chrome-extension/85854)

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**Author:** [@vikaskedia](https://meta.discourse.org/u/vikaskedia)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 18, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-interest-in-open-source-learning-management-system-chrome-extension/85854 "2020-11-18T13:14:18Z")

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Features of the chrome extension: We use discourse internally as a learning management system. We have tried more complicated LMS and discourse is significantly better with the help of this chrome extension.

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## [Awesomenesssss it is](https://meta.discourse.org/t/awesomenesssss-it-is/11462)

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**Author:** [@szu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/szu)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2014, 12:38am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/awesomenesssss-it-is/11462 "2014-01-07T00:38:43Z")

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I’ve just discovered Discourse and I just wanted to say THANK YOU! The work you are doing is awesome! Keep going and I will try to spread the word about you in the meantime :slight\_smile:

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## [Introducing AI Bot 🤖](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-ai-bot/283410)

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**Author:** [@Saif](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Saif)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-ai-bot/283410 "2023-10-25T14:21:33Z")

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Our Discourse AI modules are designed to make your community experience easier, simpler, faster and hopefully, more fun. Today, we’re excited to announce the “AI Bot” module, which uses the power of conversation to help …

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## [How to Get an Email Notification When a New User Signs Up](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-an-email-notification-when-a-new-user-signs-up/182742)

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**Author:** [@Integromat](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Integromat)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-get-an-email-notification-when-a-new-user-signs-up/182742 "2023-03-30T12:49:04Z")

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Hey everyone! Welcome to this tutorial on how to setup an automation workflow with Integromat that will allow you to automatically receive an email notification every time a new user signs up to your Discourse community…

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## [Performance deleting post in large topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-deleting-post-in-large-topic/30088)

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**Author:** [@anon21958287](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon21958287)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 17, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/performance-deleting-post-in-large-topic/30088 "2015-06-17T23:59:39Z")

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Deleting or restoring a post in a large topic (the one I saw this happen with had about 56K posts) caused performance problems for nearly 10 minutes. I was getting 504 timeouts during that period.

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## [PostCreator not sending PM](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postcreator-not-sending-pm/368518)

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**Author:** [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2025, 1:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/postcreator-not-sending-pm/368518 "2025-06-02T13:39:35Z")

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For some weird reason, PMs are not sent to the Admins group on my dev install. The job is running, so I don’t see why the PM wouldn’t be sent, even though its sending criteria is met?

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## [Disabling starttls or certificate verification does not work any more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-starttls-or-certificate-verification-does-not-work-any-more/228148)

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**Author:** [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-starttls-or-certificate-verification-does-not-work-any-more/228148 "2022-06-08T15:28:20Z")

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There are a lot of posts about this in Support so now we seem to have found the cause I thought it might be good to create a Contribute \> Bug topic about this containing only the actual issue described here Email Hostnam…

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## [Minimizing Maintenance on Theme Customizations](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimizing-maintenance-on-theme-customizations/261388)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2023, 11:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/minimizing-maintenance-on-theme-customizations/261388 "2023-04-11T23:58:36Z")

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Discourse is highly customizable, enabling you to modify almost any aspect of its appearance through themes. To maintain compatibility with ongoing Discourse updates and new features, all themes require occasional maint…

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## [Customize chat channels with an emoji](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-chat-channels-with-an-emoji/390292)

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**Author:** [@davidb](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davidb)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 1:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/customize-chat-channels-with-an-emoji/390292 "2025-12-03T13:06:10Z")

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We have recently added a small quality of life feature to chat channels, allowing administrators to customize the channel appearance by selecting an emoji that reflects the nature of the chat. :sparkles: What’s new In r…

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## [Alternative User PMs Button For Admin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-user-pms-button-for-admin/260952)

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**Author:** [@Arkshine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Arkshine)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 6:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternative-user-pms-button-for-admin/260952 "2026-08-07T06:11:14Z")

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:information\_source: Summary Change how an admin accesses users’ PMs :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository https://github.com/Arkshine/discourse-alt-user-pms-button-for-admin :question: Install Guide How to insta…

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## [Push notifications settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notifications-settings/210221)

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**Author:** [@Ralf\_Stockmann](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ralf_Stockmann)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/push-notifications-settings/210221 "2023-01-19T17:17:48Z")

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Found this in the chat-settings: My understanding is, there are no (mobile) push notifications for Discourse. At least for iOS/Mac due to the lack of a central push-server. If the new chat feature is aiming to make …

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## [Published pages missing favicon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-pages-missing-favicon/246397)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/published-pages-missing-favicon/246397 "2020-05-21T09:05:12Z")

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:sparkles: Lovely! :sparkles: The only issue I can see is that there is no favicon or page title in the browser tab - see screenshot. The left tab is the page title for the topic in discourse, the right tab is the publi…

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## [The Lonely Work of Moderating Hacker News](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news/125412)

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**Author:** [@dfabulich](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dfabulich)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-lonely-work-of-moderating-hacker-news/125412 "2019-08-13T15:04:11Z")

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Interesting thoughts on moderating a large community. Notable passages: There are some people who don’t realize Hacker News is moderated at all “From our perspective, the big surprise is how little control we actu…

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## [Zero Downtime Upgrades](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zero-downtime-upgrades/120673)

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**Author:** [@Eduardo\_Poleo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Eduardo_Poleo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/zero-downtime-upgrades/120673 "2019-09-11T12:11:29Z")

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Hello there, We are wondering if zero downtime upgrades are possible. We are using the discourse\_docker installation using separate web and data containers, so the issue is more around the old application code (v2.1) ru…

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## [Default badges for every reward tier](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-badges-for-every-reward-tier/91569)

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**Author:** [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 4, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/default-badges-for-every-reward-tier/91569 "2018-07-04T15:07:22Z")

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Currently the plugin creates a “Patron” badge, for the pseudo-reward-tier that has every patron in a campaign. New campaigns in Patreon doesn’t have this “everyone” reward tier anymore, so the badge won’t work. To ease…

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## [UserVoice vs Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uservoice-vs-discourse/96256)

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**Author:** [@Kyle\_Risi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Kyle_Risi)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/uservoice-vs-discourse/96256 "2018-10-04T06:35:28Z")

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Hi Guys, We currently make user of UserVoice as our primary tool for gathering feedback and ideas directly from our customer in order to better understand how to develop our software forward for ours users. I am trying…

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## [Staff Now a Banner posts](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-now-a-banner-posts/54753)

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**Author:** [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 16, 2017, 9:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/staff-now-a-banner-posts/54753 "2017-03-16T21:43:15Z")

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Not a big deal, only that I’m curious if it’s an oversight, intentional, or more work than it’s worth doing anything about. While doing tests involving posts read counts I noticed that a lot of actions are small actions…

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## [Which Discourse features are most valuable to you as a community manager?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-features-are-most-valuable-to-you-as-a-community-manager/83510)

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**Author:** [@outofthebox](https://meta.discourse.org/u/outofthebox)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/which-discourse-features-are-most-valuable-to-you-as-a-community-manager/83510 "2021-01-19T22:29:36Z")

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Hi, I just happened to read today about Discourse’s Timed Topics. What a great feature! This will definitely help with maintaining a consistent content calendar. It is much easier to pre-write posts a few days (or weeks)…

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## [Message Format support for localization](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-format-support-for-localization/7035)

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**Author:** [@Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Discourse)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/message-format-support-for-localization/7035 "2013-05-31T01:17:09Z")

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Guidelines for Translators In Discourse all Message Format strings have a key that ends with “\_MF”. The Crowdin Editor has a preview that allows you to experiment with various values which is quite helpful for checking y…

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## [Category edit modal needs some UX love](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-edit-modal-needs-some-ux-love/98174)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-edit-modal-needs-some-ux-love/98174 "2018-09-28T13:18:14Z")

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Our category edit modal needs a bit of help. There’s no spacing between labels and input fields, label vertical alignment is off, icons have no spacing around them, etc. While we’re looking at this, we may want to add s…

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## [Help for non-technical site admins, moderators, etc](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-for-non-technical-site-admins-moderators-etc/50155)

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**Author:** [@hross](https://meta.discourse.org/u/hross)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2017, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/help-for-non-technical-site-admins-moderators-etc/50155 "2017-08-31T09:09:45Z")

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Hello! I’ve been lurking here for a couple of months. I just started in my role as the Director of Community and am learning Discourse as I go. First - huge thanks to all the folks here who have filled this site with so…

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## [Data Explorer Tutorial - Part 1 - Writing Your First Query](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-tutorial-part-1-writing-your-first-query/277925)

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**Author:** [@SaraDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/SaraDev)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2023, 10:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/data-explorer-tutorial-part-1-writing-your-first-query/277925 "2023-09-05T22:03:38Z")

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:discourse: Want to extract some data from your Discourse site but not sure where to start? You’ve come to the right place! This is a tutorial guide for beginners who are new to the Data Explorer. If you’re already f…

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## [Discourse is easy to use, and has only been improving ever since](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-easy-to-use-and-has-only-been-improving-ever-since/301077)

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**Author:** [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-is-easy-to-use-and-has-only-been-improving-ever-since/301077 "2024-03-30T19:36:43Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Am I the only non-sysop here?: I wanted to say something about this forum. I’ve been mostly a non-sysop here for two years and got a chance to learn about the software. I realized I had no…

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## [Why Discourse is the Ultimate Community-Building Platform](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-discourse-is-the-ultimate-community-building-platform/330569)

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**Author:** [@Sidi\_Codet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Sidi_Codet)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-discourse-is-the-ultimate-community-building-platform/330569 "2024-10-12T12:45:44Z")

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I don’t know why people haven’t heard of Discourse in my country. To be sincere, this is supposed to be one of the best and award-winning community-building platforms. The fact that it’s open source just adds to its appe…

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## [Add alias support to emoji picker](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-alias-support-to-emoji-picker/86503)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 1, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-alias-support-to-emoji-picker/86503 "2018-05-01T21:40:22Z")

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Twitter have alias support in the Emoji picker, it means that: VS, what we have now: It would be nice to have support for aliases on Discourse. Note we should probably also add this as a fallback for : completio…

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## [AI reasoning mode error](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai/412328)

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**Author:** [@singi2016cn](https://meta.discourse.org/u/singi2016cn)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ai/412328 "2026-09-16T02:09:31Z")

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Version: Discourse v2026.7.2 — Commits · discourse/discourse · GitHub — Ember v6.10.1 Error details: DiscourseAi::Completions::Endpoints::OpenAi: status: 400 - body: {"error":{"code":400,"upstream\_code":"invalid\_reque…

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## [Is it just me, or did Discourse explode like.. overnight?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-did-discourse-explode-like-overnight/193142)

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**Author:** [@NoblyDev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NoblyDev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2021, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-did-discourse-explode-like-overnight/193142 "2021-09-10T16:24:30Z")

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Or maybe I am late to the party? :slight\_smile: Bravo, my OP/OG friends! :clap: :clap: :clap:

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## [Discourse Development Visualised with Gource](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-development-visualised-with-gource/13579)

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**Author:** [@Pugwash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Pugwash)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 1:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-development-visualised-with-gource/13579 "2014-03-20T13:03:22Z")

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I’ve been experimenting with Gource recently, here’s a sequence I put together showing the development of Discource since February 2013. It’s pretty frenetic at the beginning :smile:

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## [Voting in polls directly by email](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-in-polls-directly-by-email/34014)

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**Author:** [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/voting-in-polls-directly-by-email/34014 "2022-04-26T06:32:21Z")

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We’ve all seen the support emails with the “how satisfied were you with our service?” type question directly in the email - here’s one I got today from getflow.com. To improve participation in polls, it would be inte…

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## [A big THANKS for big and small](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-big-thanks-for-big-and-small/192494)

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**Author:** [@griffin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/griffin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/a-big-thanks-for-big-and-small/192494 "2021-06-03T01:21:51Z")

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While this may be my first post in this community, it is certainly not my first post in a Discourse community, so I felt it only right to start off here with a big THANK YOU to all those who have collectively made such a…

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## [Spam account scanner script](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-account-scanner-script/128948)

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**Author:** [@tannerfilip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tannerfilip)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2025, 7:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/spam-account-scanner-script/128948 "2025-08-27T19:14:38Z")

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https://github.com/TannerFilip/discourse-spam-check I’ll start off by saying, I’m not a great programmer. This is the first “real” tool I’ve written that’s (potentially) useful to people other than me. I’d love any feed…

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## [Solved badges are now enabled by default for new communities](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-badges-are-now-enabled-by-default-for-new-communities/406386)

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**Author:** [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/solved-badges-are-now-enabled-by-default-for-new-communities/406386 "2026-07-16T10:53:00Z")

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The Solved plugin, which powers support categories, includes a number of badges that are awarded to members who answer someone else’s questions in your community and act as a form of recognition and encouragement for the…

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## [Auto-set profile picture when signing up using Facebook](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-set-profile-picture-when-signing-up-using-facebook/17932)

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**Author:** [@Joseph\_Lormand](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Joseph_Lormand)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/auto-set-profile-picture-when-signing-up-using-facebook/17932 "2016-09-19T05:14:35Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Configuring Facebook login for Discourse: I think this should be a built in functionality, available as an option in settings. Having a smooth transition into the forum makes a big differ…

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## [Cannot switch a topic to Uncategorized via quick edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572)

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**Author:** [@tshenry](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tshenry)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 24, 2019, 11:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-switch-a-topic-to-uncategorized-via-quick-edit/118572 "2019-05-24T11:11:49Z")

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It’s impossible to change the category of a topic to “Uncategorized” through the edit topic title feature. Changing to other categories seems to work fine. Using the bulk selection tool to change the category to “Uncate…

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## [2.9.0.beta12: Security fix, bug fixes and more](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-9-0-beta12-security-fix-bug-fixes-and-more/245469)

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**Author:** [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/2-9-0-beta12-security-fix-bug-fixes-and-more/245469 "2022-11-14T03:18:02Z")

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New features in 2.9.0.beta12 Security Updates This beta includes two security fixes for issues reported by our community and HackerOne. Prevent email from being nil in InviteRedeemer CVE-2022-39385 Correctly render lin…

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## [Organization of community Data Explorer queries](https://meta.discourse.org/t/organization-of-community-data-explorer-queries/171213)

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**Author:** [@nathank](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nathank)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/organization-of-community-data-explorer-queries/171213 "2023-08-13T19:21:57Z")

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We don’t seem to have a live library of Data Explorer queries here on meta.discourse.org at the moment. Would this be worthwhile addressing? The topic referred to here is unstructured and has been closed as it was a mes…

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## [Congrats to discourse!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/congrats-to-discourse/203658)

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**Author:** [@OverloadedTech](https://meta.discourse.org/u/OverloadedTech)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/congrats-to-discourse/203658 "2021-09-15T18:00:45Z")

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Discourse is a great software! Contrats to the developers!!!

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## [Building Communities That Think](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-communities-that-think/381612)

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**Author:** [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-communities-that-think/381612 "2026-09-29T17:03:43Z")

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Social media and instant messaging fundamentally changed how we talk to each other. The paragraph has ceded power to fast moving and ephemeral chat that inevitably leans toward the shallow and reactive. Easy and immediat…

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## [Why is hosting so expensive?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-hosting-so-expensive/20362)

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**Author:** [@rubydoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rubydoob)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-hosting-so-expensive/20362 "2014-10-01T20:14:14Z")

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I was exciting that discourse would be a hosted service (run by the founders), but the price point seems very high at this point . $100 for 100K page views $200 for 250K page views etc. I’m curious, is the cost of ho…

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## [Defer loading JavaScript in Themes and Components](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defer-loading-javascript-in-themes-and-components/126370)

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**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/defer-loading-javascript-in-themes-and-components/126370 "2022-04-07T06:15:18Z")

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Thanks to @david we have a very clean pattern for “eager” loading JavaScript in themes. This means you just put \*.js.es6 files into the javascripts directory and it works exactly like plugins do, this is glorious. For …

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## ["Google\_oauth2" - means nothing to a user](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-oauth2-means-nothing-to-a-user/41547)

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**Author:** [@DeanMarkTaylor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/DeanMarkTaylor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/google-oauth2-means-nothing-to-a-user/41547 "2016-03-29T22:26:04Z")

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I just created an account on a Discourse instance (1.5.0.beta13b) and it displayed the message: Your email has been authenticated by Google\_oauth2 To an average user the oauth2 part means nothing, as such should pro…

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## [Supporting users with links to specific pages](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supporting-users-with-links-to-specific-pages/66291)

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**Author:** [@sjmscott](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sjmscott)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/supporting-users-with-links-to-specific-pages/66291 "2017-07-18T17:34:00Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Create a link that will bring a user to their own profile: I spend most of my time as a Discourse Admin educating users. I have many users over the age of 55 who have used Yahoo Groups for…

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## [Dynamic Sidebar Icon](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-sidebar-icon/400765)

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**Author:** [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 9:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dynamic-sidebar-icon/400765 "2026-04-16T21:19:11Z")

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:information\_source: Summary Makes the sidebar toggle icon dynamic and customizable :hammer\_and\_wrench: Repository https://github.com/Lillinator/dynamic-sidebar-icon :eyeglasses: Preview https://discourse.…

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