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Richard M
@richard • Jan 9, 2026

Jan 9, 2026
2.7K

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
509

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
483

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
3.2K

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
877

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
524

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
560

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
385

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
830

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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Steven Way
@stevenway • Oct 29, 2025

Oct 29, 2025
472

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
440

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
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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
503

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
422

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
538

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
392

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
420

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
638

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
612

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
483

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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