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Steven Way
@stevenway • Oct 29, 2025

Oct 29, 2025

349

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

335

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

839

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

368

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

324

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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Cicily
@cicily • Oct 21, 2025

Oct 21, 2025

411

Looking for a Bettermode alternative - but less cluttered

Hi! I’m looking for a simpler and less cluttered alternative to Bettermode. I really like the features, but I wish it was more intuitive. I feel overwhelmed with features. Looking...

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Paula Derrenger
@paulad • Oct 21, 2025

Oct 21, 2025

295

Best way to promote your community?

We use X and Instagram to promote our community. Our SEO traffic is growing gradually, but we have several KPIs to meet. I understand that organic growth compounds over time,...

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Steven Way
@stevenway • Oct 21, 2025

Oct 21, 2025

293

What's the best way to handle duplicate questions and requests in your community?

Hey everyone! It’s been a while since I last logged in - almost three months! I’m really happy to see how much this community has grown. So many new discussions,...

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Rahul Roy
@rahulroy • Oct 21, 2025

Oct 21, 2025

536

Community Vanity Metrics 🔥 - Pretend Growth Like a Boss

I’m a little lost. My company’s leadership and marketing team is so obsessed with vanity metrics that they want to pretend everything’s awesome.Every month, I report:Total members: Yeah, spam bots...

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sid
@sid • Oct 21, 2025

Oct 21, 2025

487

Does this community program only offer B2B-oriented pricing plans?

I really love this community program – its clean UI and design were a delightful surprise. However, I’m confused: is it a fully closed, B2B commercial program? As an enthusiast...

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Angela Williams
@angela-williams • Oct 6, 2025

Oct 6, 2025

363

What are the best job boards to hire community managers?

Looking for job boards or platforms where community managers hang out. We are looking to expand our community team and onboard a junior community manager. This role reports directly to...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • Oct 4, 2025

Oct 4, 2025

445

Is Community Building a Lucrative Career in 2026?

I recently visited a college to talk about community building as a career option. Graduating students asked several questions. They mostly wanted to know about the opportunities for community builders...

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Richard M
@richard • Sep 30, 2025

Sep 30, 2025

415

How do you measure user retention in your community?

What KPIs or metrics do you track to measure user retention in your community?We’re building a SaaS community and leadership wants us to share retention numbers at the next all-hands....

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Paula Derrenger
@paulad • Sep 30, 2025

Sep 30, 2025

433

How do you manage self-promotion in your community?

Hi team! We are running into a real challenge with self-promotion in our community. Whenever a new member shares a promo post, we usually take it down within minutes and...

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Sara
@butterfly-sara • Aug 22, 2025

Aug 22, 2025

458

How do you design community badges that motivate members?

Hi team! I’ve been asked to design community badges for our platform. I first tried using ChatGPT and AI tools, but the results felt too generic 😕 . I’d love...

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Natasha Jain
@iNatasha • Aug 19, 2025

Aug 19, 2025

387

What Is Hyper-Personalization in Community Management and Why Does It Matter?

I’ve been reading a lot about hyper-personalization in the community management; and wanted to hear your perspective. The way I understand - hyper personalization is about using AI and analyzing...

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Natasha Jain
@iNatasha • Aug 14, 2025

Aug 14, 2025

382

Let's Talk about Impact of AI on Community Management

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...

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Paula Derrenger
@paulad • Aug 14, 2025

Aug 14, 2025

460

What is the hardest thing about building a community?

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...

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Kaustubh Katdare
@kaustubh-katdare • Jul 30, 2025

Jul 30, 2025

372

Why Are Open, Niche Communities Becoming More Popular?

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...

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Erin May
@qSyB9MR • Jul 25, 2025

Jul 25, 2025

446

What is the best way to encourage members to introduce themselves in the community?

I am the community manager at a D2C brand with a good customer base. We are setting up a customer community and have identified a few hundred active customers as...

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