# Impressed and excited about Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/impressed-and-excited-about-discourse/288763
**Category:** Praise
**Created:** [December 15, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impressed-and-excited-about-discourse/288763 "2023-12-15T04:28:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Rusty\_M](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rusty_m/32/347643_2.png) [@Rusty\_M](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rusty_M)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impressed-and-excited-about-discourse/288763/1 "2023-12-15T04:28:41Z")

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To say that I’m excited about Discourse would be an understatement. In the past week, I’ve hardly slept, yet I’ve managed to set up and configure a community complete with custom branding, AI, automation, and various plugins! I’m planning to go “live” with it in January. I love how Discourse allows me to merge my tech interests in building and enhancing something new with a completely different community aspect in my personal life.

I just checked my stats on Meta and couldn’t help but laugh. It seems I might have become a bit obsessive. I’m really grateful for all the information everyone has shared, and I’m looking forward to being an active part of this community!

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/a/c/5/ac515ff820c1c7bee3d872c5fdafe7ccff7fd7b7.png)

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### Author: ![denvergeeks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/denvergeeks/32/327671_2.png) [@denvergeeks](https://meta.discourse.org/u/denvergeeks)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impressed-and-excited-about-discourse/288763/2 "2023-12-15T04:39:27Z")

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Yaaaay! Congratulations on finding your tribe, @Rusty_M !! I felt the very same way when I discovered and began using Discourse!

Discourse is light years ahead in large part due to the community here.

Thank you for posting and introducing yourself, and welcome in!!!

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### Author: ![twofoursixeight](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/twofoursixeight/32/574822_2.png) [@twofoursixeight](https://meta.discourse.org/u/twofoursixeight)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 6:00am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/impressed-and-excited-about-discourse/288763/3 "2023-12-15T06:00:24Z")

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Welcome. Discourse has many features that you can use, including a large collection of themes, plugins, and powerful moderation features.

Have fun, and thanks for choosing Discourse. 🙂