# How to Grow a Discourse Forum without product or service behind it?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-grow-a-discourse-forum-without-product-or-service-behind-it/399943
**Category:** Community Building
**Tags:** community-strategy
**Created:** [April 4, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-grow-a-discourse-forum-without-product-or-service-behind-it/399943 "2026-04-04T15:29:25Z")
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### Author: ![eisammy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eisammy/32/528804_2.png) [@eisammy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eisammy)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-grow-a-discourse-forum-without-product-or-service-behind-it/399943/2 "2026-04-04T16:22:25Z")

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I’ve trying be consistent with my community so I do many cases studies to understand how keep this actives users engajed in a organic way not forcing anything or moderating crushing the limits

Others communities that was looks like mine was closed I remove all ads and i simply keep posting and improving my instance and SEO do the rest of my work.

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