# What does engaged mean in your community?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-engaged-mean-in-your-community/67751>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [10. August 2017 um 01:54 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-engaged-mean-in-your-community/67751 "2017-08-10T01:54:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mittineague](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mittineague/32/114259_2.png) [@Mittineague](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mittineague)\
**Post date:** [10. August 2017 um 05:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-does-engaged-mean-in-your-community/67751/11 "2017-08-10T05:13:45Z")

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So “active” but not engaged = “lurking”?

I guess engaging could be stuff like changing Preference settings and tracking levels. But to me that’s more like being involved with the forum than engagement with the community.

Starting a topic and posting a reply are ways to engage as are messaging.

@ mentions happen within posts. Then there are Likes, Shares, and Flags. I think Likes and Flags count as engaging, but I’m not sure if sharing is more like promoting.

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