# Creating a social site with discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-social-site-with-discourse/73919>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [November 12, 2017, 4:18am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-social-site-with-discourse/73919 "2017-11-12T04:18:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![8BIT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/8bit/32/76872_2.png) [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-social-site-with-discourse/73919/2 "2017-11-12T04:44:14Z")

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Discourse wasn’t necessarily built to be a social networking site, a’la Facebook or a Twitter… there’s a key difference between those types and what Discourse offers.

For instance, you can’t really “follow” anyone… rather, you follow conversations/threads. Again, fundamental difference here.

But to help you think through this… aren’t there existing tools that you could use that could achieve your aim?

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