Federation: Community Kickstart Guide

<p>The hardest part of building a community is getting your users. If you don't have users, you don't have content, and if you don't have content, users won't join your forum. This chicken-and-egg game leads to many communities closing down due to lack of usage. Federation allows you to bypass this step by allowing you to "adopt" the fediverse as a source of content, so you don't have to worry about retaining users, but just creating content.</p> <p>NodeBB ships with a couple of powerful features that allow you to jump-start any new forum with live conversation and discussion with only a few clicks. This guide introduces you to these tools and teaches you how to use them.</p> <p><em>This article is part of the <a href="https://community.nodebb.org/category/28/answers">NodeBB Answers</a> category, where you can learn more about setting up, maintaining, and using your NodeBB forum.</em> [...]</p>