# Why is try.discourse.org cleared everyday?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-try-discourse-org-cleared-everyday/2030
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [February 7, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-try-discourse-org-cleared-everyday/2030 "2013-02-07T09:48:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![casebash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/casebash/32/102598_2.png) [@casebash](https://meta.discourse.org/u/casebash)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-try-discourse-org-cleared-everyday/2030/1 "2013-02-07T09:48:48Z")

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Are there any plans to create a discourse instance for people to chat on that isn’t cleared everyday, or are you not wanting to host any yourselves other than meta? Also there should be a big message on the top of each page telling everyone that each page will be cleared each day

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### Author: ![stoinov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stoinov/32/102228_2.png) [@stoinov](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stoinov)
#### Post date: [February 7, 2013, 10:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-try-discourse-org-cleared-everyday/2030/2 "2013-02-07T10:03:22Z")

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You are using such instance at the moment 😉  
[http://try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org) is only for testing. It’s noted in a BIG message:  
 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/1X/c9329984e5a64fdf093978e645a31067118c7913)

It’s planned to have hosted instances for other purposes, other than meta as noted in [http://www.discourse.org/faq/](http://www.discourse.org/faq/)

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-try-discourse-org-cleared-everyday/2030/3 "2013-02-14T08:54:46Z")

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> [@casebash](#):
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> Are there any plans to create a discourse instance for people to chat on that isn’t cleared everyday

No.

> [@casebash](#):
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> are you not wanting to host any yourselves other than meta

Correct, Discourse is in the business of making _your_ forum successful, not launching our own forum topics.

Remember, try is what it says on the tin: a sandbox for experimenting and seeing if Discourse is something you like and want, or not. This is emphasized in

- the pinned topic as @stoinov noted
- the PM message all new try users get

And soon, it’ll be in a just-in-time help `<div>` that pops up for new users composing their first posts, too.