# Welcome to the Confluent Community Forum šŸ‘‹ **URL:** \ **Category:** Community\ **Created:** [5 November 2020 17:41 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/welcome-to-the-confluent-community-forum/21 "2020-11-05T17:41:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
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