{"user_actions":[{"excerpt":"By default, Discourse closes topics after 10,000 posts because megatopics can cause performance issues.","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-07-14T22:56:16.156Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","slug":"most-posts-on-a-topic-record","topic_id":407648,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":2,"post_id":2009173,"username":"Moin","name":"","user_id":95552,"acting_username":"Moin","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":95552,"title":"Most Posts on a Topic Record?","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":124,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"\u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/bookmark.png?v=15\" title=\":bookmark:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":bookmark:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e This guide explains how to configure Discourse to create new topics or group messages from incoming emails. It covers site settings, group configuration, and category settings. \n\u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/person_raising_hand.png?v=15\" title=\":person_raising_hand:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":person_raising_hand:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e Required user level: Administrator \n\n\n\u003ca name=\"p-290076-configure-incoming-email-to-create-new-topics-or-group-messages-1\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#p-290076-configure-incoming-email-to-create-new-topics-or-group-messages-1\" aria-label=\"Heading link\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eConfigure incoming email to create new topics or group messages\nDiscourse allows \u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-06-24T22:02:28.652Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/{size}/148734_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/{size}/148734_2.png","slug":"configuring-incoming-email-to-create-new-topics-or-group-messages","topic_id":62977,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":290076,"username":"Discourse","name":null,"user_id":115923,"acting_username":"Discourse","acting_name":null,"acting_user_id":115923,"title":"Configuring incoming email to create new topics or group messages","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":53,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"\u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/woman_shrugging/2.png?v=15\" title=\":woman_shrugging:t2:\" class=\"emoji only-emoji\" alt=\":woman_shrugging:t2:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e \nthis has been a thorn for quite some time and Discourse founders seem adamant there is no issue. i disagree, but expect it isn’t an easy change in core.","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-05-16T11:43:47.726Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/{size}/572196_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/{size}/572196_2.png","slug":"reply-button-labels","topic_id":402911,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":16,"post_id":1982085,"username":"Lilly","name":"Lillian ","user_id":127856,"acting_username":"Lilly","acting_name":"Lillian ","acting_user_id":127856,"title":"Reply Button Labels","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":120,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Almost 5 years ago, we introduced \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/faster-and-smaller-uploads-in-discourse-with-rust-webassembly-and-mozjpeg-blog/196998\"\u003eClient side image optimization\u003c/a\u003e to enable users to upload pictures which were larger than the site limits, save user upload bandwidth, save community storage space, and make the user experience with images in Discourse snappier overall. \nBuilding on top of that, ther\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-05-11T21:46:14.258Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/{size}/179432_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/{size}/179432_2.png","slug":"new-client-side-image-optimizations-for-discourse","topic_id":402705,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1979423,"username":"Falco","name":"Falco","user_id":8722,"acting_username":"Falco","acting_name":"Falco","acting_user_id":8722,"title":"New client side image optimizations for Discourse","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":67,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Hey all, \n\u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-enable-a-directory-of-members/18951/6\"\u003eThis closed topic\u003c/a\u003e was all I could find on creating a user database within Discourse, so apologies if there is another one that I am not seeing. We are trying to create a directory within our community hub to list participants in our partner program. \u003ca href=\"https://coda.io/partners/hire-a-services-partner\" rel=\"noopener nofollow ugc\"\u003eThis\u003c/a\u003e is the current directory that never\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-05-01T18:16:31.372Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ruggy_joesten/{size}/540394_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ruggy_joesten/{size}/540394_2.png","slug":"member-directory","topic_id":402030,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1974961,"username":"ruggy_joesten","name":"Ruggy Joesten","user_id":187965,"acting_username":"ruggy_joesten","acting_name":"Ruggy Joesten","acting_user_id":187965,"title":"Member directory","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":6,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"\u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/information_source.png?v=15\" title=\":information_source:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":information_source:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e Chat Integration is for using an external chat system together with Discourse — you may be looking for \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881\"\u003eDiscourse Chat\u003c/a\u003e which adds Chat functionality directly to Discourse. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cimg src=\"https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/e/6/0e65eeb3631702ee91807a5f302a3f10f099dd11.png?v=15\" title=\":discourse2:\" class=\"emoji emoji-custom only-emoji\" alt=\":discourse2:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e\nSummary\n\n\n\u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/open_book.png?v=15\" title=\":open_book:\" class=\"emoji only-emoji\" alt=\":open_book:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e\nInstall Guide\n\n\n\n\nThe Discourse Chat Integration plugin lets you send messages in your preferred chat p\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-04-21T21:14:16.775Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/{size}/148734_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/{size}/148734_2.png","slug":"discourse-chat-integrations","topic_id":66522,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":309579,"username":"Discourse","name":null,"user_id":115923,"acting_username":"Discourse","acting_name":null,"acting_user_id":115923,"title":"Discourse Chat Integrations","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":22,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"It is the nature of non-linear discussion. \nThere is a reason Discourse went with the flat one first, as \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/threaded-discussion-is-ultimately-too-complex-to-survive-on-the-public-internet/63172/2\" class=\"inline-onebox\"\u003eThreaded discussion is ultimately too complex to survive on the public Internet? - #2 by codinghorror\u003c/a\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/wink.png?v=15\" title=\":wink:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":wink:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-04-21T03:58:27.240Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/{size}/179432_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/{size}/179432_2.png","slug":"testing-nested-replies-on-meta","topic_id":398759,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":87,"post_id":1969207,"username":"Falco","name":"Falco","user_id":8722,"acting_username":"Falco","acting_name":"Falco","acting_user_id":8722,"title":"Testing Nested Replies on Meta","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":213,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Discourse is supposed to be mobile-first (though the experience has told me otherwise multiple times): it’s written \u003ca href=\"https://www.discourse.org/customers/brand\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://blog.discourse.org/2026/03/building-for-every-language/\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e. \nBut Discourse has also brought more and more features (often useful!) over the years. \nIt’s a bit hard to find a screenshot of what the mobile composer looked like 10 y\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-04-10T12:38:19.040Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/{size}/119591_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/{size}/119591_2.png","slug":"creating-editing-a-post-on-mobile-lets-discuss-the-2026-discourse-experience","topic_id":400393,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1964871,"username":"Canapin","name":"Coin-coin le Canapin","user_id":35474,"acting_username":"Canapin","acting_name":"Coin-coin le Canapin","acting_user_id":35474,"title":"Creating/Editing a post on mobile: let's discuss the 2026 Discourse experience","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":9,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"\u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/bookmark.png?v=15\" title=\":bookmark:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":bookmark:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e This guide provides two methods for re-creating the Lounge category functionality formerly offered by default and still seen in some Discourse installations. \n\u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/person_raising_hand.png?v=15\" title=\":person_raising_hand:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":person_raising_hand:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e Required user level: Administrator \n\n\u003ca name=\"p-1948330-intro-1\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#p-1948330-intro-1\" aria-label=\"Heading link\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eIntro\nIn times past, Discourse came by default with a Lounge category, automatically available to use\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-03-05T03:37:24.910Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/{size}/328350_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/{size}/328350_2.png","slug":"re-creating-the-automatic-lounge-category","topic_id":397689,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1948330,"username":"ToddZ","name":"","user_id":138497,"acting_username":"ToddZ","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":138497,"title":"Re-creating the automatic Lounge category","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":178,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Hi, after a batch of upgrades, I got an invalid interpolation key in a customized site text. \nI wanted to trace where the text is used. Discourse Bot told me to look in these files : \n\nBut I cant find the prefix of my translation key js.discourse_post_event. \nAs I’m very insightful \u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/clown_face.png?v=15\" title=\":clown_face:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":clown_face:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e , I figured it m\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-03-03T16:29:27.771Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/phneutre/{size}/326831_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/phneutre/{size}/326831_2.png","slug":"translation-keys-reference","topic_id":397547,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1947326,"username":"pHneutre","name":"","user_id":138567,"acting_username":"pHneutre","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":138567,"title":"Translation keys reference","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":6,"closed":true,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Finally, a doc about \u003ca class=\"hashtag-cooked\" href=\"/tag/trust-levels/56\" data-type=\"tag\" data-slug=\"trust-levels\" data-id=\"56\" data-style-type=\"icon\" data-icon=\"tag\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hashtag-icon-placeholder\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003etrust-levels\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e that isn’t \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/90752\" class=\"inline-onebox\"\u003eUnderstanding Discourse Trust Levels\u003c/a\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/clap.png?v=15\" title=\":clap:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":clap:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e !","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-02-23T13:09:46.240Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/{size}/313494_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/{size}/313494_2.png","slug":"discourse-trust-levels-a-detailed-explanation","topic_id":396792,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":2,"post_id":1942624,"username":"NateDhaliwal","name":"Nate Dhaliwal","user_id":135392,"acting_username":"NateDhaliwal","acting_name":"Nate Dhaliwal","acting_user_id":135392,"title":"Discourse Trust Levels: A Detailed Explanation","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":126,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"According to the link there is interest but several years have passed and I don’t know if they actually implemented it or not. \n\n\nA very useful scenario for this is to configure a VPS server with the exact same settings as the production server, and this cloned VPS would be solely for development. T\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-02-07T21:24:12.036Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/willy/{size}/499930_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/willy/{size}/499930_2.png","slug":"back-up-only-the-settings","topic_id":395448,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1933909,"username":"Willy","name":"Willy","user_id":174634,"acting_username":"Willy","acting_name":"Willy","acting_user_id":174634,"title":"Back up only the settings","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":2,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"We’re excited to announce a major update to how you can self-host Discourse. Whether you’ve been curious about running your own Discourse instance or found the setup process daunting in the past, today’s changes are for you. \n\u003ca name=\"p-1923414-install-discourse-with-a-single-command-1\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#p-1923414-install-discourse-with-a-single-command-1\" aria-label=\"Heading link\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eInstall Discourse with a Single Command\nSetting up Discourse on your own s\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-01-21T18:47:21.133Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/{size}/179432_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/{size}/179432_2.png","slug":"self-hosting-discourse-just-got-a-whole-lot-easier","topic_id":393915,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1923414,"username":"Falco","name":"Falco","user_id":8722,"acting_username":"Falco","acting_name":"Falco","acting_user_id":8722,"title":"Self-Hosting Discourse Just Got a Whole Lot Easier","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":67,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"\u003ca name=\"p-1914340-why-im-writing-about-this-introduction-1\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#p-1914340-why-im-writing-about-this-introduction-1\" aria-label=\"Heading link\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eWhy I’m writing about this (introduction)\n\nThis was a few weeks back, and life happened in the meantime. To my surprise back then, it indeed seems that “migrating from a successful facebook group to Discourse” doesn’t actually seem to be a common situation here: \n\n\n\nMigrating a successful community \u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2026-01-02T18:09:04.621Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephtara/{size}/517827_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephtara/{size}/517827_2.png","slug":"migrating-from-facebook-specific-challenges-and-some-thoughts","topic_id":392562,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1914340,"username":"stephtara","name":"Stephanie Booth","user_id":181081,"acting_username":"stephtara","acting_name":"Stephanie Booth","acting_user_id":181081,"title":"Migrating from Facebook: specific challenges, and some thoughts","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":65,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"In the past I posted about how important a project for hobby to me \n\n\nThis year re-reading this topic and my pref about discourse it’s not about being the best obvious it is the best to me and I’ll always remember the importance \n\n\nTo build a community is about connections and lead the way to others\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-12-28T15:15:49.597Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eisammy/{size}/528804_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eisammy/{size}/528804_2.png","slug":"happy-new-year-discourse-3-thank-you-so-much","topic_id":392278,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1912939,"username":"eisammy","name":"Sammy","user_id":146973,"acting_username":"eisammy","acting_name":"Sammy","acting_user_id":146973,"title":"Happy New Year, Discourse \u003c3 Thank you so Much","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":35,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"I don’t think a lot has \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/possible-to-donate-money-to-discourse/26208/9\"\u003echanged since 2015\u003c/a\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/slight_smile.png?v=15\" title=\":slight_smile:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":slight_smile:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e \nEdit: actually, one thing that has changed is that we’ve received this question enough to write up an FAQ \u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/smiley.png?v=15\" title=\":smiley:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":smiley:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-12-15T12:09:11.668Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bas/{size}/294929_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/bas/{size}/294929_2.png","slug":"topic","topic_id":391278,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":6,"post_id":1907386,"username":"Bas","name":"Bas van Leeuwen","user_id":1030,"acting_username":"Bas","acting_name":"Bas van Leeuwen","acting_user_id":1030,"title":"请问有可以捐赠的地方么？","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":124,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Welcome to the forum \u003ca class=\"mention\" href=\"/u/tiphonie_davison\"\u003e@Tiphonie_Davison\u003c/a\u003e ! \nI know you can’t yet right now, but as soon as your \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/understanding-discourse-trust-levels/90752\"\u003etrust level\u003c/a\u003e increases, don’t forget to add your vote to features you like, like this one. \nYou can find the voting button at the top of the page: \n \u003ca class=\"lightbox\" href=\"https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/4/b/d/4bdd03422120d9483e00dc68db82bd3c40cd0875.png\" data-download-href=\"/uploads/short-url/aP7kkkoSPsFs0fjQFNhynqNb4hf.png?dl=1\" title=\"CleanShot 2025-12-09 at 09.32.44@2x\"\u003e[CleanShot 2025-12-09 at 09.32.44@2x]\u003c/a\u003e \nThe more votes a fe\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-12-09T08:34:53.567Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/{size}/537252_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/{size}/537252_2.png","slug":"automated-scheduled-welcome-post-that-tags-new-members","topic_id":105233,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":17,"post_id":1904144,"username":"chapoi","name":"","user_id":113000,"acting_username":"chapoi","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":113000,"title":"Automated, scheduled Welcome Post That Tags New Members","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":2,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Yes, that’s possible. \nI thought it might be relevant for you to know that the use of tags can also be restricted to certain categories, or that certain categories can require the user to add tags from a specific tag group. \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-up-structured-tagging-with-tag-groups-and-category-tag-restrictions/48260\" class=\"inline-onebox\"\u003eSet up structured tagging with tag groups and category tag restrictions\u003c/a\u003e \u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/warning.png?v=15\" title=\":warning:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":warning:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e Th\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-12-08T22:39:54.501Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","slug":"structuring-an-active-support-community-migrating-from-facebook","topic_id":390619,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":26,"post_id":1903951,"username":"Moin","name":"","user_id":95552,"acting_username":"Moin","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":95552,"title":"Structuring an active support community migrating from Facebook","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":65,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"A Discourse forum I help manage wants to radically reorganise the current categories — basically archive or delete the old ones and create new ones. \nI’m hoping there is a way we can preserve the metadata that the old category structure contains — is there a way to convert categories into tags? \nThe\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-12-02T15:24:45.512Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisc/{size}/119982_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chrisc/{size}/119982_2.png","slug":"is-there-a-way-to-convert-categories-into-tags","topic_id":390180,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1899328,"username":"chrisc","name":"Chris Croome","user_id":28775,"acting_username":"chrisc","acting_name":"Chris Croome","acting_user_id":28775,"title":"Is there a way to convert categories into tags?","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":6,"closed":true,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"You can find anything you need by opening the inspector of your browser. \nIf you want to customise your forum, it’s highly recommended to spend a bit of time learning the basics of HTML/CSS \nSee our policy: \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/policy-notice-no-basic-html-css-questions-please/168033\" class=\"inline-onebox\"\u003ePolicy notice: no basic HTML / CSS questions please\u003c/a\u003e","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-12-02T07:38:05.994Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/{size}/537252_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/{size}/537252_2.png","slug":"how-do-i-disable-the-hover-effect-on-the-sign-up-and-log-in-button","topic_id":390139,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":4,"post_id":1899034,"username":"chapoi","name":"","user_id":113000,"acting_username":"chapoi","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":113000,"title":"How do I disable the hover effect on the 'Sign Up' and 'Log In' button?","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":6,"closed":true,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"\u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/bookmark.png?v=15\" title=\":bookmark:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":bookmark:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e This documentation provides a comprehensive guide on preventing spam in Discourse forums, and includes information about various settings and tools designed to help maintain a spam-free community environment. \n\u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/person_raising_hand.png?v=15\" title=\":person_raising_hand:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":person_raising_hand:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e Required user level: Administrator \n\nOn most forums spam is rare. However, if you’re ha\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-12-01T22:12:26.362Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/{size}/148734_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/discourse/{size}/148734_2.png","slug":"tips-for-preventing-spam","topic_id":264020,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1285092,"username":"Discourse","name":null,"user_id":115923,"acting_username":"Discourse","acting_name":null,"acting_user_id":115923,"title":"Tips for Preventing Spam","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":53,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Not sure if this helps? \n\nYou can find some similar topics in the Related topics section below.","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-12-01T15:00:02.755Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/{size}/313494_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/{size}/313494_2.png","slug":"downvoting-topics-and-posts","topic_id":158589,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":11,"post_id":1898613,"username":"NateDhaliwal","name":"Nate Dhaliwal","user_id":135392,"acting_username":"NateDhaliwal","acting_name":"Nate Dhaliwal","acting_user_id":135392,"title":"Downvoting - topics and posts","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":2,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"That appears to be by design. I don’t think Trust Level lists are meant to be available to the general user base: \n\n\n\n\nBut the behavior of the visibility setting re. automatic groups is confusing, and has been brought up: \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/respect-the-visibility-settings-of-all-automatic-groups/280998\"\u003eRespect the visibility settings of all automatic groups - Feature\u003c/a\u003e \n(So this mi\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-11-25T23:06:16.552Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/{size}/328350_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/{size}/328350_2.png","slug":"trust-level-groups-are-not-shown-on-group-list-even-if-they-are-set-to-be","topic_id":389652,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":2,"post_id":1896453,"username":"ToddZ","name":"","user_id":138497,"acting_username":"ToddZ","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":138497,"title":"Trust Level groups are not shown on group list even if they are set to be","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":9,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Continuing the discussion from \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-x-posts-in-topics-from-private-profile-cards/208689\"\u003eCannot filter \u0026quot;X posts in topics\u0026quot; from private profile cards\u003c/a\u003e: \nWhen you click a user avatar in a discussion, it reveals a user card, in which you can click a nice “X posts in topic” filter button, that will show you all their posts, without the other user posts. \nBut f\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-11-10T23:58:33.523Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jesus2099/{size}/119720_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jesus2099/{size}/119720_2.png","slug":"cannot-filter-x-posts-in-topics-from-inactive-user-profile-cards","topic_id":388086,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1887477,"username":"jesus2099","name":"","user_id":19839,"acting_username":"jesus2099","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":19839,"title":"Cannot filter \"X posts in topics\" from inactive user profile cards","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":9,"closed":true,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Hi there, I’m trying to temporarily block an abusive /16 subnet that is slamming a Discourse forum with requests. I tried this… \n\n\n…but I’m still seeing a huge number of new requests from the same range in /var/discourse/shared/standalone/log/var-log/nginx/access.log .","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-10-27T17:33:00.462Z","avatar_template":"https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/{size}.png","acting_avatar_template":"https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/{size}.png","slug":"how-to-block-an-ip-range-screened-ips-not-being-blocked","topic_id":386851,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1879364,"username":"sb56637","name":null,"user_id":181557,"acting_username":"sb56637","acting_name":null,"acting_user_id":181557,"title":"How to block an IP range? \"Screened IPs\" not being blocked","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":6,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"I have never read about badges requiring the action to be performed on/in the first post. \nIs the category the posts are in public?","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-10-25T21:50:54.059Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","slug":"some-badges-are-not-granted-even-though-they-should-be","topic_id":386743,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":2,"post_id":1878831,"username":"Moin","name":"","user_id":95552,"acting_username":"Moin","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":95552,"title":"Some badges are not granted even though they should be","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":6,"closed":true,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"I suppose that that exists: \n\n\nHowever, it’s inapplicable here. Could this thread be switched to a \u003ca class=\"hashtag-cooked\" href=\"/c/contribute/feature/2\" data-type=\"category\" data-slug=\"feature\" data-id=\"2\" data-style-type=\"square\" data-ref=\"contribute:feature\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"hashtag-icon-placeholder\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003eContribute \u0026gt; Feature\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e post? I really want to see this in Core. \n\n\nAlthough Chromium provides that profile system \u003ca href=\"#footnote-1878426-1\" id=\"footnote-ref-1878426-1\"\u003e[1]\u003c/a\u003e like Firefox does (with Firefox’s less easily accessible), \u003ca href=\"#footnote-1878426-2\" id=\"footnote-ref-1878426-2\"\u003e[2]\u003c/a\u003e Firefox provides a si\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-10-24T16:23:33.221Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/roke_julian_lockhart/{size}/540179_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/roke_julian_lockhart/{size}/540179_2.png","slug":"allow-easy-switching-between-user-accounts","topic_id":108791,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":5,"post_id":1878426,"username":"roke_julian_lockhart","name":"Mr Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart","user_id":129529,"acting_username":"roke_julian_lockhart","acting_name":"Mr Beedell, Roke Julian Lockhart","acting_user_id":129529,"title":"Allow easy switching between user accounts","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":7,"closed":false,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"Welcome to Meta \u003cimg src=\"https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/waving_hand.png?v=15\" title=\":waving_hand:\" class=\"emoji\" alt=\":waving_hand:\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\"\u003e \n\nYou are right. \nThere is a blog post about the trust level system in Discourse which explains how some permissions are only granted after you gained a little more trust by interacting with the community","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-09-24T19:48:26.498Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","slug":"how-do-i-send-a-message-to-a-user","topic_id":383927,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":4,"post_id":1861662,"username":"Moin","name":"","user_id":95552,"acting_username":"Moin","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":95552,"title":"How do I send a message to a user?","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":6,"closed":true,"archived":false},{"excerpt":"I have decided to turn off the discobot messages here on meta. So for now there are no messages for new members. Upon logging in for the first time, they are taken to the TOP page which has the \u003ca href=\"https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-to-discourse-start-here/1/1?silent=true\"\u003ewelcome topic\u003c/a\u003e pinned to the top. 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Then edits on the wiki post were edits on the last post and edits on the last post meant that the topic was bumped. \n\n\n\n\n\n\u003ca name=\"p-1859743-now-edits-on-the-last-post-no-longer-cause-a-bump-in-the-topic-list-so-how-does-everyone-track-edits-on-wikis-now-1\" class=\"anchor\" href=\"#p-1859743-now-edits-on-the-last-post-no-longer-cause-a-bump-in-the-topic-list-so-how-does-everyone-track-edits-on-wikis-now-1\" aria-label=\"Heading link\"\u003e\u003c/a\u003eNow edit\u0026hellip;","truncated":true,"action_type":17,"created_at":"2025-09-22T18:53:42.009Z","avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","acting_avatar_template":"/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/{size}/554653_2.png","slug":"new-way-to-track-edits-on-wiki-posts","topic_id":383582,"target_user_id":32,"target_name":"Jeff Atwood","target_username":"codinghorror","post_number":1,"post_id":1859743,"username":"Moin","name":"","user_id":95552,"acting_username":"Moin","acting_name":"","acting_user_id":95552,"title":"New way to track edits on wiki posts?","deleted":false,"hidden":false,"post_type":1,"action_code":null,"category_id":6,"closed":false,"archived":false}]}