# How exactly do I get people to use my forum?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-exactly-do-i-get-people-to-use-my-forum/374916
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [July 19, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-exactly-do-i-get-people-to-use-my-forum/374916 "2025-07-19T19:52:02Z")
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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-exactly-do-i-get-people-to-use-my-forum/374916/23 "2025-12-15T20:33:06Z")

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I can’t imagine using a busy support forum without clear topic titles – either as a user or a helper.

> [@stephtara](#):
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> ..maybe have a bunch of “title specialists” that wander around fixing titles.

Titles are important enough that [default trust level settings](https://meta.discourse.org/t/trust-level-permissions-reference/224824) let experienced (TL3+) users edit them. Don’t even have to be moderators.

I’m not the most experienced Meta-phile here but I’ll occasionally change a vague title – like “Why does this keep happening?” – to describe the actual problem, so the person has a better chance of getting help (and so any help provided can be found by others in the future.)

A little guide to titling topics, with examples, is a good idea to include in onboarding material. And if your askers are bad at titles, it might take a period of a lot of editing to set good precedents. But they’re important to both askers and helpers.

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