In the mid 2000s, when I began community building, life was simpler. Social media meant “Orkut or Facebook” and communities referred to online forums.But the times evolved and the lines...
Hey all! I’m new to community management. I’ve a background in IT but I’m leaning towards community building. I’d like to discuss how AI will affect community management and how...
I ignored community onboarding for a very long time. Looking back at my 20-year career as a community builder, skipping onboarding was one of the biggest mistakes I made.If there’s...
Reddit has emerged as a leading platform for building communities. It’s a popular social platform with about 1.2 billion monthly active users and about 100 million daily users. If you...
We have released a minor bugfix affecting the post filters. Following issues were addressed:The “Trending” and “Most Replied” filters did not return correct results.The “Latest” post filters did not show...
I am wondering if we should add a facility to notify all the participants of the thread (those who have replied) when a new reply is posted?Currently, we do not...
I’ve been thinking a lot about community building these days and going into a rabbit hole about what makes a successful community. I’ve asked this question in other forums and...
Does the future belong to open, niche communities? One of the community managers of a Slack Group (a closed community) asked this question and the replies were wild. I thought...
This minor release fixes an annoying bug with the user-avatars loaded from Google or LinkedIn, when the user signed up with those social networks. We now have default avatars that...
An organic community forum is built on the strong foundation of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Forums can attract traffic simply by offering special features that optimize user-generated content for search...
We have made a small change to Jatra’s Sidebar. Instead of showing the ‘online users’, we now display recently active users. For small communities, this avoids the empty boxes; but...
We have just added a new feature on our roadmap and want your opinion before we actually build it.Right now, it’s difficult for community owners and managers to get new...
The choice of the right community platform is crucial in building a thriving community that attracts audience and keeps them engaged. With the wide variety of community platforms in the...
We’re launching a niche customer community for our early-stage SaaS product and need help deciding: should we hire a full-time community manager at this stage?Our team is small, and we’ve...
I’m Megan, and I run a small Slack community of UX designers working remotely. Lately, I’m feeling pretty concerned because engagement has dropped off. New designers join, introduce themselves once,...
Jatra now automatically redirects you to the page you were previously viewing. This means, you don’t have to navigate or search to the page you were interested in. It’a a...
We are excited to announce the launch of new profile system on Jatra. Feel free to update your avatar, your display name and your bio.This update also brings us closer...
It’s common to see people refer their social media following as ‘community’. I think there’s a difference. I’d love to hear from you - the community experts.
I’d like to request product promotion pages within the main feed. Kaustubh mentioned about the ability to add product pages automatically within the feed along with ‘buy now’ button. I...