# Welcome to the Commoncog community!
**URL:** https://forum.commoncog.com/t/welcome-to-the-commoncog-community/7
**Category:** Meta
**Created:** [September 23, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.commoncog.com/t/welcome-to-the-commoncog-community/7 "2020-09-23T08:31:31Z")
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.commoncog.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.commoncog.com/t/welcome-to-the-commoncog-community/7/1 "2020-09-23T08:31:31Z")
Welcome to Commoncog’s private community!
This community is focused on the art of business. The overarching goal may be summed up like so:
> To be the best ‘third space’ for discussions of interest to business nerds — safe from the noise or questionable quality of social media.
A longer description of the forum’s goals may be found in [2024 Forum Update](https://forum.commoncog.com/t/2024-forum-update/2100)
To get started, you might want to introduce yourself in the [currently open Welcome Thread](https://forum.commoncog.com/search?q=Welcome%20Thread%20%23meta%3Awelcome-meetups%20order%3Alatest_topic).
It’s also a good idea to read the [Guidelines](https://forum.commoncog.com/guidelines), since that lays out the rules for discussion.
You may also discuss the community by creating a new topic in the #Meta category.
Do note that any topic you create in #Blog Comments will be publicly viewable. It’s the other topics that are private.
Welcome once again, and I hope to see you around!
Warmly,
Cedric
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### Author:  [@cedric](https://forum.commoncog.com/u/cedric)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.commoncog.com/t/welcome-to-the-commoncog-community/7/2 "2020-10-04T14:53:24Z")