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Every site comes with its official chat room. This is created automatically and can be reached from the Site Switcher on the top left. The chat room is the third place of your community, after main and meta. It is like the lounge where everybody can get together to discuss, complain and have fun. Personalizing this space to reflect your community and what you are is one of the small steps to take towards building an active and engaged community.

Every site comes with its official chat room. This is created automatically and can be reached from the Site Switcher on the top right. The chat room is the third place of your community, after main and meta. It is like the lounge where everybody can get together to discuss, complain and have fun. Personalizing this space to reflect your community and what you are is one of the small steps to take towards building an active and engaged community.

1. Who should the moderators be?

Moderators in Stack Exchange perform dual roles. Beside the normal activities of a Moderator, part of their function is to act as liaison — a role which links the Stack Exchange team with the individual communities. Discussing the criteria of a great moderator is important and picking out potential candidates is a great way to introduce outstanding contributors to your community. Stack Exchange is completely open to appointing temporary Moderators when someone’s contribution makes them a standout choice for your community’s human exception handler. If your meta site does not have a post to nominate Moderators, start one now! Pro Tem appointments will begin about two weeks after the site goes public. The more guidance the Community Team receives, the more informed is their choice.

2. How do we promote our site?

3. What should our documentation contain?

4. Do we really need tag [subject]?

1. How do we promote our site?

2. What should our documentation contain?

3. Do we really need tag [subject]?

• A Recipe to Promote your Site
• Moderator Pro Tempore
• Your New Site: Asking the First Questions
• Redesigned Tags Page
• A Theory of Moderation
• Domain Names: The Wrong Question
• Announcer, Booster, and Publicist Badges

• A Recipe to Promote your Site
• Moderator Pro Tempore
• Your New Site: Asking the First Questions
• Redesigned Tags Page
• A Theory of Moderation
• Domain Names: The Wrong Question
• Announcer, Booster, and Publicist Badges