# What is the minimum required activity? Is this implementation correct?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** free-plan
**Created:** [May 22, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615 "2026-05-22T10:11:17Z")
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Hopman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Robert_Hopman)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 10:11am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/1 "2026-05-22T10:11:17Z")
Hi, discourse is elegant in onboarding users and keeping them informed. I’ve used it before where I’m on the commenting side. So I want to see if I can make this work on my blog, however I got an email:
> Hi,
>
> We’re writing to you about your free Discourse site on `technicalblog.discourse.group`. It has seen no activity for a few weeks and as mentioned in our [FAQs](https://discourse.org/free), having an active community is required for us to continue hosting your free forum. If you want to keep the site online, you should invite more users and create more topics soon.
>
> If you want to shut down your community, you can cancel service from your admin dashboard.
First, is this implementation correct? I’ve added the embed discourse snippet to my post template at the bottom.
Then for understanding activity: What is the minimum amount of users and/or comments a discourse should get (per x period?) to stay active?
Thank you and feel free to comment..
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### Author:  [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2026, 1:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/2 "2026-05-22T13:11:14Z")
We’re expecting at least a couple users and a handful of topics to be posted on a new free site within the first 3 weeks. If there’s only one user and no new content we’ll send a first notice of inactivity after 3 weeks, another at 6 weeks, and the site will be marked to be decommission if there’s no activity at 7 weeks.
The free tier is still fairly new, so we may adjust these a bit as we learn.
> [@Robert\_Hopman](#):
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> First, is this implementation correct? I’ve added the embed discourse snippet to my post template at the bottom.
It appears to be!
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Hopman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Robert_Hopman)
#### Post date: [May 26, 2026, 11:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/3 "2026-05-26T11:01:11Z")
I’m not expecting any comments this year tbh. Feel free to reach out after 6 weeks.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/4 "2026-06-01T08:24:36Z")
> [@Robert\_Hopman](#):
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> I’m not expecting any comments this year tbh.
Then why do you want a forum?
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### Author:  [@Robert\_Hopman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Robert_Hopman)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/5 "2026-06-02T14:58:50Z")
This year I’m not expecting it, though it might happen sooner than later as I continue to publish and people bookmark it.
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### Author:  [@chaitanyji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chaitanyji)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/6 "2026-09-11T17:36:03Z")
Getting people to start using a forum is tricky since most of my users are my followers who are 60+ years of age. So it would take a long time to get the ball rolling at a minimum level - I am hoping some youngsters would register and post occasionally. But that would still take time - is there a way to have this hosted even with 0 activity for a year ? If not, will self-hosting discourse on my server help me overcome the limitations with a discourse hosted forum ?
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/7 "2026-09-11T18:53:09Z")
Yes. You can self-host with no requirements. The cheapest is probably [Install Discourse on a residential internet with Cloudflare Tunnel](https://meta.discourse.org/t/install-discourse-on-a-residential-internet-with-cloudflare-tunnel/211297). It’s a little tricky. Using a virtual machine is easier and more reliable
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### Author:  [@satonotdead](https://meta.discourse.org/u/satonotdead)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2026, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/8 "2026-09-11T20:43:38Z")
If you’re looking for something reliable and affordable to host Discourse, I think you’ll find the best current alternative here:
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>
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2026, 2:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/9 "2026-09-12T02:20:47Z")
Could you make one post a month yourself? I’m not sure of the exact reqs, but I don’t think you need lots of people posting.
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### Author:  [@chaitanyji](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chaitanyji)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2026, 3:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/10 "2026-09-12T03:01:31Z")
@HAWK - are you saying that one post a month by myself would prevent the [mycommunity.discourse.group](http://mycommunity.discourse.group) from being inactive / disabled / suspended ?
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### Author:  [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-the-minimum-required-activity-is-this-implementation-correct/403615/11 "2026-09-13T22:33:46Z")
Nope, I’m not sure of the exact reqs so I can’t guarantee that, but I think it’s the case.