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Chris A
@VZIpnCq • Mar 4, 2026

Mar 4, 2026

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What is the difference between XenForo and Discourse?

I’m exploring various self-hosted community platforms to test my AI-developer community. It's wish to start with a self-hosted community. Two options stood out: XenForo and Discourse. I wish to know...

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Monica Beckwith
@moni • Mar 4, 2026

Mar 4, 2026

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Member Activation Vs. Gamification in Online Communities - What Actually Drives Engagement

I just had a long discussion with my team about improving engagement in our online community. Specifically, the KPI we were targeting is posts/member ratio. Currently it's around 0.6%; which...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • Feb 25, 2026

Feb 25, 2026

118

Analytics for Community Growth - The Good, Bad and the Ugly

Jatra's latest upgrade has a lot of goodies packed in. I'll write about all the SEO improvements via a separate post. I observed something that's bothering me for a while...

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Sophie Vu
@sophievu • Jan 30, 2026

Jan 30, 2026

127

How do you build an online community from scratch without existing audience?

Hi. I’ve recently joined a startup as a community manager. It’s been about three months now, and I currently manage their social media. My role is mostly around spotting trends,...

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Rahul Roy
@rahulroy • Jan 10, 2026

Jan 10, 2026

156

Jatra new pricing

Jatra has a new pricing plan. Is there a way to get Jatra subscription for under $100 per month.

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Richard M
@richard • Jan 9, 2026

Jan 9, 2026

2.0K

Facebook Community Chats Shut Down - What's The Best Alternative?

Facebook has shut down Community Chats, leaving thousands of group admins and members without one of the only real-time tools inside Groups.As of today, no new chats can be created....

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Amit Tandon
@monster • Dec 8, 2025

Dec 8, 2025

308

Flarum SEO Vs. Jatra SEO - Comparison

Sharing my analysis of SEO capabilities in Flarum and Jatra.We’re evaluating both for a community build where long-term organic search visibility will be a primary growth driver.This summary is based...

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Jeffrey Joseph
@huggy-canyon • Dec 5, 2025

Dec 5, 2025

284

What is the main use of forums these days?

Hi all! I work as a social media manager for Eva One. I’ve been asked to evaluate the usefulness of forums for our business. I’ve never run or hosted a...

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Thomas Browne
@RDgl4Jx • Nov 24, 2025

Nov 24, 2025

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Community Vs. Forums - Difference and Similarities

I’d like to seek opinions from fellow community managers about the differences and similarities between a community and a forum.In the earlier days, ‘forums’ was the most common term for...

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Amit Tandon
@monster • Nov 23, 2025

Nov 23, 2025

698

Best community platform for alumni network?

Hey team, happy to be a part of Jatra community. We are looking to host a forum for our alumni network. We started with Slack and then switched to WhatsApp....

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Thomas Løvenvilje
@sweet-duster • Nov 23, 2025

Nov 23, 2025

320

Do you build your own community features — or rely solely on standard platform tools?

I’m curious how many of you here design or code your own custom features for your community platform, rather than relying only on the built-in tools.Most community platforms are great...

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Monica Beckwith
@moni • Nov 19, 2025

Nov 19, 2025

334

How much does it cost to build a Facebook community?

Has anyone here outsourced the community building? I’m looking to hire a person to build a Facebook community for us. How much should we spent on it? Is it worth...

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Monica Beckwith
@moni • Nov 12, 2025

Nov 12, 2025

214

What are the best AI automation tools for community managers?

We can’t ignore AI and it’s rapidly making way into everything we do. I’m learning community management and looking for recommendations for the AI automation tools that are useful for...

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Paula Derrenger
@paulad • Nov 12, 2025

Nov 12, 2025

624

Thoughts on Using WhatsApp for Professional Communities?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on using WhatsApp as a community platform for building a professional community. I’ve recently joined a few WhatsApp based communities; but I’m not convinced...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh • Nov 10, 2025

Nov 10, 2025

2.7K

What are some of the alternatives to XenForo?

XenForo is a dominant player in the world of community platforms. I’d like to know about the latest forum and community platforms in the market that are alternative to XenForo?...

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Steven Way
@stevenway • Oct 29, 2025

Oct 29, 2025

285

How to Reserve WhatsApp Vanity Username?

WhatsApp is said to be developing username feature to allow people have better privacy. Right now, the app exposes your personal phone number to everyone in the group you are...

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Monica Beckwith
@moni • Oct 29, 2025

Oct 29, 2025

266

Boss asked me to build a Slack community. I have no idea.

Hi everyone! So…I recently joined a startup here in Berlin as a social media manager. I’m good with content creation, running campaigns and keeping our socials active. But my boss...

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Steven Way
@stevenway • Feb 20, 2026

Feb 20, 2026

626

Flarum or Discourse - Better Open Source Forum Software?

I’ve been testing Discourse and Flarum for a new community project for a local group. Both are solid open source forum platforms, but take different approaches to community building.Discourse Vs....

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Steven Way
@stevenway • Oct 25, 2025

Oct 25, 2025

287

How to seed a new online community?

I am looking to start a new community with my friends. Our plan is to onboarding new members in batches. However, no one likes an empty community. I wish to...

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Paula Derrenger
@paulad • Oct 25, 2025

Oct 25, 2025

270

Anonymous or Real Identity - What Works Best for Online Communities?

I’m launching a new community with my friend and debating whether we should allow members to stay anonymous or force them to use their real identity. Look at Reddit and...

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