# Community Guide: Activating Lurkers

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-guide-activating-lurkers/271091
**Category:** Community Building
**Tags:** how-to, guide
**Created:** [July 10, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-guide-activating-lurkers/271091 "2023-07-10T09:33:44Z")
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-guide-activating-lurkers/271091/15 "2023-09-12T21:31:41Z")

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> [@simon](#):
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> I wonder if more icebreaker types of topics could be created on Meta?

I think this one could be, to a certain extent, considered as one:

> [@Do you use the discourse reaction? What does it convey to you, and what does it mean when you use it?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/do-you-use-the-reaction-what-does-it-convey-to-you-and-what-does-it-mean-when-you-use-it/278062):
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> Just being curious. Nothing serious here slight_smilediscourse is part of the available [reactions on meta](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reactions-on-meta/265377). While most emojis conveys obvious feelings or sentiments, or sometimes a few different but close ones, or that can easily be interpreted depending on the context, what does discourse means to you, as a reaction?

#lounge (which doesn’t exist anymore by default in new Discourse installation) was/is also a proper category for this, with more relaxed and casual conversations, but reserved to trust level 3.

There are few TL3 on meta if we remove the staff.

I think it was discussed at some point to decrease the TL3 thresholds on meta… 🤔

> [@simon](#):
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> When I was working for Discourse I loved the icebreaker topics on our internal forum. They gave me a chance to say “I am here!” at times when I didn’t have much to contribute to the more technical conversations.

Same here 🙋  
It’s also a good context to disagree more easily with people if we’re shy.  
Like, saying, “I don’t like the TV show you recommended” instead of “I don’t like the design you created” 😛

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