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 h…

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 n…

I’m not expecting any comments this year tbh. Feel free to reach out after 6 weeks.

[imagem] Robert_Hopman: I’m not expecting any comments this year tbh. Then why do you want a forum?

This year I’m not expecting it, though it might happen sooner than later as I continue to publish and people bookmark it.

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 w…

Yes. You can self-host with no requirements. The cheapest is probably Install Discourse on a residential internet with Cloudflare Tunnel . It’s a little tricky. Using a virtual machine is easier and more reliable

If you’re looking for something reliable and affordable to host Discourse, I think you’ll find the best current alternative here: VPS Migrate to the cloud with our VPS – all the advantages of a dedicated server at a lower price. Up to 8 vCores, 32 GB RAM, 640 GB NVMe, unlimited traffic…

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.

@HAWK - are you saying that one post a month by myself would prevent the mycommunity.discourse.group from being inactive / disabled / suspended ?

Nope, I’m not sure of the exact reqs so I can’t guarantee that, but I think it’s the case.

Qual é a atividade mínima exigida? Esta implementação está correta?

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HAWK (Hawk) Setembro 12, 2026, 2:20am 9

Você poderia fazer uma publicação por mês? Não tenho certeza dos requisitos exatos, mas acho que não é preciso que muitas pessoas publiquem.

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