I’ve noticed over the last wee while that the linked topics to blog posts have @Discourse as the ‘owner’, regardless of who authored the blog.
This somewhat impairs the community experience here on meta.discourse.org:
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It feels less intimate
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the author isn’t notified for replies
These make me far less likely to engage on those topics, and I suspect I’m not alone.
Of note, some original blog articles (such as Behind the Scenes: Our 2025 Prague Meetup) are ‘authored’ by “The Discourse Team”. This is even more offputting!
One of the strengths of CDCK is that you are not a bunch of faceless workers, but real people that fanboys like me can get to know.
To quote that blog post:
This is a core part of the Discourse value system: that as a company and a culture, we believe in human connections. We’re dedicated to recreating those connections online
I’d encourage you to lean in to this more on the blog site and on meta!