# Random Post? **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-post/244898 **Category:** Community Building **Created:** [November 8, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-post/244898 "2022-11-08T19:22:09Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin) #### Post date: [November 18, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-post/244898/7 "2022-11-18T23:21:47Z")
> [@Timelord](#): > > I am starting a brand new forum, and I don’t want it to appear empty, so I have a bunch of prefabbed posts in a text file that I want to enter into the forum. This topic has also been discussed here: > [@Seeding a new forum by creating users and content](https://meta.discourse.org/t/seeding-a-new-forum-by-creating-users-and-content/49345): > > Hi there Discourse looks amazing. Wow! A big change from my old days using phpbb. In the past, admittedly a long time ago now, I’ve had greater success starting new forums by initially seeding some content. A little social proof does wonders for engagement levels! Would love to know whether it is possible to seed a new discourse forum. What I’d like to do is to create say 200 user accounts and roughly 1000 topics and replies before launching. Is it possible to do this without having either 2… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/random-post/244898)._