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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh • May 18, 2026

May 18, 2026
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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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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 19, 2026

May 19, 2026
291

Pagination and Canonical URLs in Communities and Forums - What's the Right Way?

Pagination is an important aspect of forums and community platforms. While building Jatra, one of the key decisions I had to make was to get the canonical URLs for the...

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Ying Yue
@fluffy-rickshaw • May 12, 2026

May 12, 2026
113

What is vBulletin used for?

Hello everyone! I am student researching on evolution online community software. I have come across vBulletin frequently in my readings. It is a popular forum tool. I'd love to know:...

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Florian
@florian • May 22, 2026

May 22, 2026
295

Xenforo -> Jatra Community Migration Without Losing Traffic

We are evaluating community platforms and forum tools to migrate our Xenforo powered community. The main concern is to move out of XF without losing our traffic. So far, we...

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Sara
@butterfly-sara • May 9, 2026

May 9, 2026
187

How important are images for good SEO in community?

I've been learning SEO for the past few days, and there's one question that's been bothering me - I can't seem to find a clear answer anywhere. How important are...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 6, 2026

May 6, 2026
106

How to migrate your community from Discourse to Jatra?

Can you migrate your community from Discourse to Jatra? Yes - you can. However, it's not a 'self-serve' migration. We'll do it for you - at no additional costs. Why...

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Amanda N
@9uiMsSB • May 2, 2026

May 2, 2026
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Is Jatra an alternative to Discourse community platform?

One of my colleagues recently suggested I check out Jatra as an alternative to Discourse for our online communities. I’ve been running two active communities on Discourse for over a...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • May 1, 2026

May 1, 2026
80

Community SEO - how do I know it's working?

So, how do you know that all the SEO improvements you've implemented are working? Looking at Google Analytics and Google Search Console won't give you the full picture. They might...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • Apr 25, 2026

Apr 25, 2026
233

The most accurate definition of an online community

I noticed that people have different definitions of an online community. Here's the most accurate definition of an online community: An online community is a group of people who repeatedly...

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Ashley Couto
@brave-forest • Apr 18, 2026

Apr 18, 2026
237

Forum software for Wix site

We are looking for a forum software to work with our Wix site. We are in the business of creating fitness equipment and supplies. A user on Reddit directed my...

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Priya Sahu
@priyasahu • Apr 10, 2026

Apr 10, 2026
595

How to transfer WhatsApp Community to Jatra?

Hi - Im a new member. We want to transfer our whatsapp community to jatra. We have 2300 members in our communities. Please let me know the procedure.

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • Apr 10, 2026

Apr 10, 2026
250

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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Sara
@butterfly-sara • Apr 10, 2026

Apr 10, 2026
133

How should we revive our dead Slack community?

Hey everyone, looking for some real talk. My co-founder and I have been grinding for three years on a niche community for women in HR. We started strong - hit...

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Monica Beckwith
@moni • Apr 5, 2026

Apr 5, 2026
522

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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Thomas Browne
@RDgl4Jx • Mar 10, 2026

Mar 10, 2026
601

How should I deal with trolls and negativity in my community?

Our community has grown fast over the last few months. While that’s exciting, it’s also brought challenges - especially dealing with trolls and rising negativity.The tricky part? Some of our...

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Chris A
@VZIpnCq • Mar 4, 2026

Mar 4, 2026
2.2K

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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Sophie Vu
@sophievu • Jan 30, 2026

Jan 30, 2026
247

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
265

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
2.5K

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
419

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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