# Encouraging User Participation - Some Ideas, More welcome

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/encouraging-user-participation-some-ideas-more-welcome/42511
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [4월 13, 2016, 4:37오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encouraging-user-participation-some-ideas-more-welcome/42511 "2016-04-13T16:37:23Z")
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### Author: ![iva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/iva/32/120762_2.png) [@iva](https://meta.discourse.org/u/iva)
#### Post date: [4월 15, 2016, 6:29오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/encouraging-user-participation-some-ideas-more-welcome/42511/45 "2016-04-15T06:29:37Z")

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> [@sam](#):
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> I think a key difference between Discourse and Twitter/Facebook/Snapchat etc besides operating at different scales, is that the “social” services require you are logged in to consume content.

Another related point of difference is that Discourse users can read content entirely by email, rarely actually visiting the forum website. [Which kind of worries me](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-reply-via-email-increase-engagement/42187), by the way.

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