# What is essential content for a new community?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-essential-content-for-a-new-community/234171>\
**Category:** Community Building\
**Created:** [July 27, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-essential-content-for-a-new-community/234171 "2022-07-27T17:38:33Z")\
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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:** [July 27, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-essential-content-for-a-new-community/234171/4 "2022-07-27T18:31:49Z")

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An interesting topic!

> [@maiki](#):
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> When do you invite moderators to your community? First thing?

I prefer to start with a team so the staff there are established and can then invite users.

I found this blog post helpful too when starting out.

> **[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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