# Using Discourse as a social media platform

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [August 30, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133 "2021-08-30T16:16:29Z")
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### Author: ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz)
#### Post date: [February 12, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133/94 "2022-02-12T04:03:43Z")

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Discourse published a really good blog post that could definitely help us out in identifying the differences between social media and Discourse. If we want to progress any further, then we need to more or less “bridge the gap” and find a reasonable balance.

> [@How Social Networks Differ from Communities | Blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-social-networks-differ-from-communities-blog/217937):
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> On the surface, a social network and an online community can appear very similar. They both bring people together to share and discuss in a digital context. But when you dig in, there are stark differences between these two. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2022/02/social-network-community](https://blog.discourse.org/2022/02/social-network-community)

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