I’m really digging into this problem / issue today.
You may, or may not, remember seeing an “education panel” when you created your first two new topics. It appears to the right, in a yellow panel, when you are creating a topic.
By default Discourse displays the following…
Welcome to Podcaster Community — thanks for starting a new conversation!
Does the title sound interesting if you read it out loud? Is it a good summary?
Who would be interested in this? Why does it matter? What kind of responses do you want?
Include commonly used words in your topic so others can find it. To group your topic with related topics, select a category (or tag).
For more, see our community guidelines. This panel will only appear for your first 2 posts.
This is the last, best chance to help people get things right. I’m considering changing it to display this.
This help panel only appears during your first 2 posts.
Please go read about our culture
…it also explains what, by whom, and where self-promotion is permitted.
We know you’re excited to post here, but we have a strong culture, and clear rules. You’ll be happier here, in the long run, if you take the time to learn about how we do things.