# Building a Discourse Community

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-discourse-community/18364
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [1 أغسطس 2014، 11:12م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-discourse-community/18364 "2014-08-01T23:12:35Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [1 أغسطس 2014، 11:12م UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/building-a-discourse-community/18364/1 "2014-08-01T23:12:35Z")

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Anyone can set up their very own Discourse in 30 minutes or less. But **how do you get people to go there?** I often describe Discourse as a great, interesting dinner party. Or, depending on the community, just a party.

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This topic is for comments on the original blog entry at: [Building a Discourse Community](http://blog.discourse.org/2014/08/building-a-discourse-community/)

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