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After the holidays are behind us I am going to put my attention to getting things done here I've been pushing off. Mainly because I was combining my tech sites. That's done so it's time for Forum Squared to get the things done I should have already done.



List of planned items:




Upgrade to Invision 5 beta. Currently at beta 9.1


Add the link directory. I removed it after I had a database crash.


Revamp the downloads section and add more downloads.


Work on the resources section. Get some articles off the drawing board and onto the site.


Move my personal blog to here. This is not a priority so it might be a while.




That's for starters. …

Forum Squared needs to add another staff member. The role will be to start topics and engage in the threads by our users. You'll also keep things in line and make sure no gets out of hand.



This will eventually turn into a paid position once the site grows and starts to make money. It will be paid based on a revenue sharing model.



If you are interested send me a PM.

Hey all



Hulk here. This is a very interesting looking forum I love the way the forum list has been done.



I look forward to enjoying my time here.

Hi



I've got three posts (This is my fourth) but it still won't let me post in favorite forums. I saw a post in there that said two posts were needed but I've got more than two.

We all got them.
What are yours?

What do have planned for the holiday season?



Visiting family. Staying home.



I am staying home with my wife. We plan to go to some of the festivities in the neighborhood. Nothing fancy.

When it comes to operating or launching a forum, what confuses you the most about it?



What is stopping you from embracing full-throttle success?



Let's help each other work through these things.

I am a surfer. Forums used to be my passion. Both running them and visiting them. I think this is a fine idea for a forum. I'll have some of my favs posted when I get time.

I am happy to announce a new spam detection module in Discourse AI

Over the past few months, we have sadly noticed that Akismet’s performance has been quite uneven.
AI-based spam detection allows you to better control how spam scanning works in your community.
We have seen very good results on a few forums now. Please share your experience here.
For those self-hosting or generally looking for a “free” way of using these tools, have a look at OpenRouter. There are quite a few free LLMs out there that can do a reasonable job scanning for spam.
Read all about it at:




Configuring and managing AI-powered spam detection in Discourse Site Management
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New features in 3.4.0.beta3
Check for updates on What’s New page

In the What’s New page within the admin settings there is a new Check for updates button. This allows admins to check for any new updates to this page immediately.
Filter by user in the review queue

Admins can now use the filter Reviewed By in the review queue to see all the flagged content a user raised.
Threading in Chat DMs and group chats

Enable Threading in Chat settings for DMs and group chats so any reply to a message will create a separate conversation thread
Mention counts in Chat threads

With this change new messages within a Chat thread will appear as a mention count on the thread i…

Discourse 3.3.3 Stable Release
Discourse strongly recommends that all sites follow the default tests-passed branch of Discourse. The “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs - all releases, including those on tests-passed and beta are production ready.
Security Updates
This release includes fixes for these security issues reported by our community and HackerOne.

Bypass of Discourse Connect using other login paths if enabled (CVE-2024-49765)
Moderators can view Screened emails even when the “moderators view emails” option is disabled (CVE-2024-52589)
Magnific lightbox susceptible to XSS (CVE-2024-52794)
Potential Backup file leaked via Nginx (…

Background
Under the current default settings, when signing up for an account with an e-mail that has already been registered, the sign-up form will inform of that:

We are changing the default setting to not give away this information. Instead, the sign-up form will look like this, regardless of whether the e-mail is already registered or not:

This also affects password resets in similar ways. With the setting disabled, the form provides immediate feedback that the e-mail is in the system:

With the setting enabled it does not disclose that information:

Why are we changing it?
A malicious actor can use this feedback to perform an account enumeration, lettin…

Here is a scenario. A visitor signs up for your site. His first post is an introduction. In the introduction he drops a link to his community. The next post are his sites stats which he comes back to everyday to add too. Each time with a link in the stats.



Doesn't add any real content or engage with other users threads.



What would do? Warn? Ban?



Thoughts.

We’ve updated the terminology in Discourse’s interface to improve consistency across the platform. What was previously called a “color scheme” is now referred to as a “color palette” throughout the user interface.
What’s Changed

The term “color scheme” has been replaced with “color palette” across the Discourse interface.
This change affects what you’ll see in the admin area, customization settings, and other UI elements.
The functionality remains exactly the same - only the terminology has changed.

What to Expect

If you’re writing documentation or guides about Discourse, please use “color palette” going forward.
You may still see references to “color scheme” in some …

We’ve got some exciting news! All communities hosted on the Invision Community platform will be switching to Cloudflare Enterprise edition for CDN and Firewall services. This transition starts now and will be complete by the end of January 2025.



Don’t worry, you won’t experience any downtime during this transition. If you do see any issues, like a secure certificate warning, just clear your cache and try again. If your community keeps getting connection errors for more than 5 minutes, please reach out to our support team.



We’re thrilled to offer you these improvements, including enhanced security, faster speeds, and more redundancy. We’ll also be able to better …

I want to upgrade my server, the issue is I need a hosting with ddos protection option I run a gaming community and people are dicks
Current host just suspends the service when a ddos attack happens. some one recommended me about server about VPB.com, dose anyone hear about it? any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!

What would I need to do today to get a forum started? I am thinking about getting back in the forum world.



What would I need to do to get a forum started and bring in users? Are post exchanges still good way to bring in users? What about board wars? Those worked very well in the past.



Help me out. I'm ready to start again.

What's a normal day as you go about running your community? What do you do first? What is your daily ritual?



Myself as an admin have a set way we approach each day. I may change the routine if problems arise. For the most part I do the same thing everyday. It works for me.



What works for you?

Do any of you use AI to generate forum content?



If not, why not?



If yes, how do you justify doing it?

It looks like my threads and posts are gone. Maybe they were attributed to another member during the import. I see the forum structure is different. Might they be ina hidden forum or gone when you removed the forum.



No problem if they're gone.