# New community **URL:** \ **Category:** Community Building\ **Created:** [May 21, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-community/403511 "2026-05-21T10:45:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dennis\_Griarte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dennis_griarte/32/489793_2.png) [@Dennis\_Griarte](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Dennis_Griarte)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-community/403511/1 "2026-05-21T10:45:17Z")
> **[Welcome to Darklife community! 👋](https://darklife.discourse.group/t/welcome-to-darklife-community/5?u=dark.life)** > > We are so glad you joined us. Darklife community Where the night comes a live What is darklife?? A community for night owls, horror writers, and anyone who comes alive after dark. We don’t do toxic positivity. We don’t shame sleep schedules.... ---
**Author:** ![spam\_scanner\_bot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/spam_scanner_bot/32/472607_2.png) [@spam\_scanner\_bot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/spam_scanner_bot)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-community/403511/2 "2026-05-21T10:45:21Z")
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**Author:** ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 10:47am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-community/403511/3 "2026-05-21T10:47:37Z")
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**Author:** ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-community/403511/4 "2026-05-21T13:17:47Z")
Interesting! Do you want to share about a customization you made, or your journey to using Discourse? ---
**Author:** ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2026, 2:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-community/403511/5 "2026-05-21T14:18:18Z")
Hi @Dennis_Griarte welcome to Meta 👋 since you posted a link to your new forum i had a look. here are some quick observations and recommendations: > A community for night owls, horror writers, and anyone who comes alive after dark… - given the forum subject matter, perhaps a default dark theme would be appropriate; the light horizon theme feels a bit out of context for nocturnal night/vamp/horror-inspired content - i’m not wholly clear on the purpose though - is it for writers, horror-genre fans, or people who can’t sleep? - your [logo](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/uploads/darklife/original/1X/84bee93be0ea32e17d1e9805f1d4b1750b148f62.jpeg) appears to be a facebook meta ai generated full page mobile image - perhaps cropping it to actual logo size would make it fit better and be more readable? - having 2 welcome topics feels redundant - perhaps start some other topic discussions and get some users you know in your target community to sign up to kickstart it’s activity - the forum so far only has one member (you) and the 2 welcome topics so it is lacking content - if you are looking to attract new users, perhaps sign up on [Google Search Console](https://search.google.com/search-console/about) and get your site listed to be indexed, and post links to it in places where you know your target audience tend to read * * * Tracey has a great post with recommendations and resources for starting online communities here: > [@Launching new community sites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/launching-new-community-sites/344400/2): > > I just want to say that all the other “talk” that you mention is all there for a reason. They have a lot of tips that are helpful even when you are starting a new community site from scratch – and they do already deal with exactly some of the challenges that you mention here. There are a couple of things: content is king try to model behaviour that you want to see — actively engage with anyone who posts on your site it takes time for people to form a habit to regularly check your site The b… ---
**Author:** ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-community/403511/8 "2026-05-23T14:47:56Z")
Just a quick clarification, @Dennis_Griarte . Meta is not the right place to run functional tests or promote trial sites. If you’re experimenting with Discourse features, please use our demo [try.discourse.org](https://try.discourse.org) instead. Also, please avoid sending direct PMs to individual Meta users for test-related or site-related content. Meta is intended for support and community discussion, not for external testing workflows or unsolicited outreach. Thanks for helping us keep Meta focused and useful for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![dax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dax/32/244677_2.png) [@dax](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dax)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2026, 11:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-community/403511/10 "2026-05-27T11:02:09Z")