# Tips for new Forum Admin

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-new-forum-admin/138810>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [January 16, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-new-forum-admin/138810 "2020-01-16T13:01:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ondrej](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ondrej/32/198804_2.png) [@ondrej](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ondrej)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tips-for-new-forum-admin/138810/5 "2020-01-17T12:42:15Z")

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Hello,  
sorry for being far too technical 😅

> [@paultaylor](#):
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> encouraging users to be active

I hope a little reading is OK

> **[Launching a Successful Discourse Community](https://blog.discourse.org/2018/08/launching-a-successful-discourse-community/)**
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> While we’ve offered general tips for building a Discourse community, we also get a lot of questions about what specifically you can do to help launch a successful Discourse community.

> **[Building a Discourse Community](https://blog.discourse.org/2014/08/building-a-discourse-community/)**
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> Sure, anyone can set up their very own Discourse in 30 minutes or less. But how do you get people to go there?

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