# Creating a social site with discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-social-site-with-discourse/73919>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [2017 年11 月 12 日 04:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-social-site-with-discourse/73919 "2017-11-12T04:18:44Z")\
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作者： ![burningman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/burningman/32/120064_2.png) [@burningman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/burningman)\
发布日期： [2017 年11 月 12 日 06:09 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/creating-a-social-site-with-discourse/73919/4 "2017-11-12T06:09:52Z")

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> [@arun](#):
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> We’re going to need a bit more information on what you’re trying to achieve here. I’m with @8BIT on his comments. Discourse is meant for discussions.

> [@8BIT](#):
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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.

This is the primary function of discourse - DISCUSSION.  
Reddit is also is discussion website. What I want to setup is asking user which category they love or want to join.

Then on front page, only those category post will be shown but in latest and popular, all category post will be shown just like reddit.

That’s what I was asking  
Also, allowing users at level2, to create group and category according to their need.  
May be this thing will increase engagement on the form.

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