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Community Moderation

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@P16 wrote:

Hi Everyone!

Just wanted to thank the team and plugin authors for their time and effort in developing Discourse and making it open source. It is an amazing system that can be moulded to fit the type of community you are setting out to build. We are developing our project using Discourse as well and have found most of our topics already answered or discussed on the meta forum.

I wanted to post a feature that I thought Discourse could benefit from and see what the community thinks of such a feature.

While we have user trust levels and flagging/blocking/reporting systems in place, I feel that users should have more rights just as we do in our day to day lives. For example, if a level 3 user has been blocked or his post deleted, they should have an appeals system where they can register an appeal and moderators can review the appeal. If the moderator doesnt revert or goes ahead with the blocking, the user has a second option where they can get 10 other users with similar rank and overturn the decision.

A level 2 user would have to get, say, 30 users of similar rank to be able to overturn a decision. A new member would not have such an option. This would help bring about a semi-decentralized system of moderation where the community actually controls the direction of the forum. It would follow a quorum sensing model with aspects of holacracy, where once the required quorum is reached (according to the user's rank) a decision can be taken.

As an example, suppose a level 3 user gets a group of 10 similar members and overturns a banned post that was derogatory - then the moderator can similarly lodge a request and get 2 other moderators to review the decision and overrule this.

This could tie in well when Discourse implements mod elections, where different trust levels have different impacts on the decision. If a moderator is not doing their job well, junior members can join and once they reach the minimum number required for a quorum, the moderator can be removed.

I understand this would be a huge effort, but I wanted to see what everyone thinks of such a feature, especially as Discourse wants to reimagine forums.

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Discourse and nginx

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@Teeigeryuh wrote:

So I followed the guide to setup discourse with other websites in one server
I have discourse.conf on my conf.d dir (nginx) and on sites-enabled I have my other vhost

This is my discourse conf: http://hastebin.com/jisuqayodi.nginx
and my vhost for ghost on sites-enabled: http://hastebin.com/citoqetoru.nginx

Here's what's happening
For some reason when you go to inkykinky.net you get a broken discourse page but the subdomain heart.inkykinky.net does show a working discourse installation. Any idea on why discourse even shows up on the main domain rather than ghost?

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Installing discourse in QNAP container station

Net::SMTPServerBusy causes Sidekiq to DOS instances and take down site

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@envygeeks wrote:

Recently we moved to Amazon SES and forgot to get a rate limit increase for talk.jekyllrb.com, before noticing that we forgot to get this increase we ended up being DOS'd by Discourse because of Net::SMTPServerBusy rate limiting and Discourse checking and queing thousands of emails over and over again which resulted in a consumption of 100% CPU (which ultimately got fixed temporarily by us doing a CPU limit on the Sidekiq PiD's from outside of Docker.)

It would be great if Discourse could handle Net::SMTPServerBusy and try again in an hour (rather than seconds -- which in the grand scheme of thousands of emails is over and over again.) This way it can try again with a clean slate and if there could be an option for users to set the maximum emails per second that their server is willing to accept so that Discourse can throttle itself and divvy up it's Sidekiq queues by that limit.

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Can swap file cause delays?

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@avorio wrote:

I just created a swapfile for my Linux server and I started noticing a huge (~ 4-5 seconds) delay in the very first request to the forum. The following requests go through within a normal timeframe. Could this swapfile be the cause of this delay? I'm not sure what else could be causing it; it certainly wasn't there before.

I'm running the recommended box setup in DigitalOcean.

Thanks!

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phpbb3.1 import database to Discourse : error in your SQL syntax

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@Chopper wrote:

Following this tutorial : https://meta.discourse.org/t/importing-from-phpbb3/30810

I get the error : You have an error in your SQL syntax

I follow the steps Importing using Docker, let default option on the script setting.yml and put my database from phpbb on the folder /var/discourse/shared/standalone/import/data/phpbb_mysql.sql

When lauching : import_phpbb3.sh I get this error when i launch the script import_phpbb3.sh

Loading database dump into MySQL...
The phpBB3 import is starting...

loading existing groups...
loading existing users...
loading existing categories...
loading existing posts...
loading existing topics...

importing from phpBB 3.1.5

creating users
      230 / 230 (100.0%)  /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/mysql2-0.4.4/lib/mysql2/client.rb:107:in `_query': You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'AND u.user_type != 2 (Mysql2::Error)
        ORDER BY u.user_id ASC
        LIMIT 1000' at line 16
        from /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/mysql2-0.4.4/lib/mysql2/client.rb:107:in `block in query'
        from /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/mysql2-0.4.4/lib/mysql2/client.rb:106:in `handle_interrupt'
        from /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/mysql2-0.4.4/lib/mysql2/client.rb:106:in `query'
        from /var/www/discourse/vendor/bundle/ruby/2.0.0/gems/rack-mini-profiler-0.9.9.2/lib/patches/db/mysql2.rb:20:in `query'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/database/database_base.rb:16:in `query'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/database/database_3_1.rb:7:in `fetch_users'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/importer.rb:63:in `block in import_users'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/base.rb:702:in `block in batches'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/base.rb:701:in `loop'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/base.rb:701:in `batches'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/importer.rb:169:in `batches'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/importer.rb:62:in `import_users'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/importer.rb:28:in `execute'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/base.rb:45:in `perform'
        from /var/www/discourse/script/import_scripts/phpbb3/importer.rb:20:in `perform'
        from script/import_scripts/phpbb3.rb:31:in `<module:PhpBB3>'
        from script/import_scripts/phpbb3.rb:12:in `<module:ImportScripts>'
        from script/import_scripts/phpbb3.rb:11:in `<main>'

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Can Discourse be used as an OAuth provider?

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@sdpiowa wrote:

Can Discourse function as an oAuth provider for a system like Rocket.Chat? I'm still trying to figure out what the difference is between oAuth, SSO, and what all the terminology means. Basically, we need Discourse to host the user database, and another chat system (maybe Rocket.Chat, maybe something else) to patch into that database for authentication purposes.

Not really sure what values would need to go where on Rocket.Chat's end for testing purposes:

Apologies for my ignorance. This is all new to me. I was trying to follow some of the instructions in other threads, but wasn't getting very far because they were addressing slightly different situations.

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Rake db:migrate fails on OSX and VirtualBox

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@ralinchimev wrote:

Hello,

I've tried to setup my dev environment on my Mac but failed.
Then tried using Vagrant on VirtualBox following the instructions exactly. But on both I get this same error:

[vagrant@precise32:/vagrant (master)]$ bundle exec rake db:migrate
rake aborted!
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory @ rb_sysopen - /var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/ember-data-source-2.3.0.beta.5/dist/ember-data.js
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/ember-rails-0.18.5/lib/ember_rails.rb:68:in `block in <class:Railtie>'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in `instance_exec'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:30:in `run'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:55:in `block in run_initializers'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.6/lib/rails/initializable.rb:54:in `run_initializers'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:352:in `initialize!'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.6/lib/rails/railtie.rb:194:in `public_send'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.6/lib/rails/railtie.rb:194:in `method_missing'
/vagrant/config/environment.rb:5:in `<top (required)>'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `require'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `block in require'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:240:in `load_dependency'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/activesupport-4.2.6/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:274:in `require'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:328:in `require_environment!'
/var/lib/gems/2.2.0/gems/railties-4.2.6/lib/rails/application.rb:457:in `block in run_tasks_blocks'
Tasks: TOP => db:migrate => environment
(See full trace by running task with --trace)

Any clue?

Regards,
R

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UL class stripped in topic posts

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@Nick_Putman wrote:

I am importing a Wordpress blog article to discourse using the javascript embed method as described here:.

The html includes a UL with a class defined which I use for custom CSS in WP. I have added the same CSS to the customisation in discourse admin, but the class is getting stripped out when the topic post is rendered. Is there any way of getting the class to stick so that the CSS will be applied?

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404 page after user deletes account

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@dandv wrote:

  1. Sign up for Discourse
  2. Click the confirmation link in the email
  3. Activate the account at /users/activate-account/
  4. Preferences -> Delete account

Note the /404 page.

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Deleting topics while maintaining links to WP blog article

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@Nick_Putman wrote:

I am using discourse for comments on my WP blog, using this embedding method.

I previously added a WP post, and it generated a discourse topic, as the script is designed to do. The only trouble is that I am just testing all this out, using the actual article that I want to use to launch the blog. The article wasn't formatted properly when I posted it, so I needed to edit this in WP. Trouble is the edits don't cross over to discourse of course, and so I need to change them their too, only I don't want the article to show as edited on discourse.

I thought of deleting the discourse topic and the WP article and starting again, but the title of the article needs to stay the same and it is the title that generates the topic title and URL in discourse, and because you can't fully delete topics in discourse, the link to 'Start Discussion' points to the deleted topic on discourse.

If I could fully remove edits for the article/topic in discourse, or fully delete the original topic, then all would be fine, but it seems that I can't - unless there's some clever workaround?

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Show tags in alphabetical order - not working

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@AstonJ wrote:

There is a setting in the ACP that says Show tags in alphabetical order. Default is to show in order of popularity but changing it has no effect on the /tags page - they are always shown by popularity by default (we want them to default to alphabetically).

Is this a bug or is this a setting for something else :confused:

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Can I limit the number of categories in the drop down menu?

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@TimMeade wrote:

We are setting up a new site that will have a lot of 2nd tier categories. I would like to just have the first tier, or 'liked' categories show in the drop down hamburger menu. Is this possible? With 200+ categories in total, sometimes this menu does not come down at all.

Thanks

Tim

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Flag Email Notifications

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@Carson wrote:

Is it possible that I could set up notifications for flagged posts?
So every time someone flags a post you can receive an email so you can respond quicker.

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Test emails work part of the time

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@TimMeade wrote:

This is a newer installation. But we have quite a back log of email messages. When i hit the try the test email button, it will work two or three times easily and then stop for 4 or 5 minutes. Then work again. Its our SMTP server it's pointed to so i can watch the logs, it really seems like the issue is with the discourse side.

Any ideas?

Much thanks.

Tim

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Dashboard and Metrics

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@AlexandraB wrote:

Any help would be appreciated.

How am I able to calculate the below metrics?

  • Unique Visitors (number of unique IP addresses), and Unique Visitors as a % of New Visits.
  • Is a User Visit a # Unique new visitor?
  • Unique New Visitors

Other questions

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Ctrl-f gave me a spinning wheel

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@IanKelling wrote:

I came to this forum from google, hit ctrl-f typed something, then I was very confused why my search bar did not show up on the bottom.

Just to add a bit more: I'm researching something technical, google search results have a sentence from the link: I click the link, I hit ctrl-f, type a word or two, I want the sentence highlighted so I can continue reading from the context google gave me.

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Social Architecture - Building On-line Communities

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@mcwumbly wrote:

Came across this book which folks here may enjoy. It's available to read for free online.

(I haven't read too much yet, but so far so good):

Social Architecture - Building On-line Communities by Pieter Hintjens

As Social Architects, we participate in communities, we identify successful naturally occurring patterns or develop new patterns (which I call "tools"), and we apply these deliberately to our own projects. We apply psychology (our social instincts), economics (how we create common wealth through specialization and trade), politics (how we collect and share power), and technology (how we communicate). We continually adapt our toolkit based on new knowledge and experience. Our goal is to create on-line communities that can and do accurately solve the problems we identify, grow healthily, and survive on their own.

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SOLVED Can' load topic when user not logged

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@Chopper wrote:

I notice something wierd, when i'm logged I can see all the posts and read them but when i'm not logged i can see the posts but when i click to read a post i get this following message :

Sorry, we are unable to load that topic, possibly due to a connection problem

Only when user is not logged

I get the error /t/45.json?track_visit=true&forceLoad=true&_=1462706492054 500 internal in the console

And in the console log :

NoMethodError (undefined method `id' for nil:NilClass) /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-feature-voting/plugin.rb:49:in `user_voted'
1:25 pm
NoMethodError (undefined method `id' for nil:NilClass) /var/www/discourse/plugins/discourse-feature-voting/plugin.rb:49:in `user_voted'

This error is generate every time i want to access to a post without being logged

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Adsense not displaying ads in adplugin?

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@maahi wrote:

Adplugin not working as expected, adsense ads are not getting displayed. Is there a bug? Or any fixes?

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