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  • Rohit Kapoor
    Rohit Kapoor Champion
    @rohit • Feb 21, 2026
    Feb 21, 2026
    14.3K

    Looking for an Alternative to Vanilla Forums [Higher Logic Killed It]

    Higher Logic, the company that owned Vanilla Forums has informed that they are no longer maintaining the open source version of Vanilla Forums. We have been looking for an alternative...

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  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Mar 7, 2025
    Mar 7, 2025
    1.8K

    Pareto's Principle Applies to Community Building

    Vilfredo Pareto, an Italian economist, observed that 80% of Italy’s land was owned by 20% of the population.This led to Pareto’s Principle: 80% of results come from 20% of efforts. Over time, it got popularity as Pareto’s 80/20 Principle; applying to businesses, productivity and even...
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  • Changelog: Version: 2.1.3

    New Confetti Effect - Upon Clicking 'Like' Button

    Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh
    Mar 5, 2025
    improvement
    Eliminated a CSS plugin and directly injected all the CSS required to produce a fantastic “confetti” effect. I don’t want to add any pictures or photos; but want you to...
    Like 3 Replies 1
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Mar 18, 2026
    Mar 18, 2026
    2.3K

    Community Manager Job Description Templates [Junior / Mid / Senior]

    Writing job description for the role of community manager is a challenging task. I have created templates for junior, mid and senior level community manager roles that you can copy...

    Like 1 Replies 2
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • May 12, 2026
    May 12, 2026
    2.4K

    SEO for Online Communities: Ultimate Guide to Organic Growth

    I am a big fan of open communities - the ones that expose content to search engines and users without requiring a login. When you nail SEO - your online community becomes your growth flywheel, attracting users on autopilot. I want you to stop relying...
    Like 6 Replies 4
  • Changelog: Version: 2.1.2

    Minor Update: Members List Available Inside Settings

    Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh
    Feb 24, 2025
    new feature
    A small quality of life upgrade has just been released on Jatra. The admins and the owners of the Jatra powered communities can now access their members list from within...
    Like 3 Replies 1
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Feb 25, 2025
    Feb 25, 2025
    1.9K

    Hosting community on Reddit - Pros and Cons

    I recently read a post on LinkedIn that EVGA has moved its official forums over to Reddit. It’s a surprising move. I then studied the EVGA forums and found that...

    Like 2 Replies 1
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Mar 19, 2025
    Mar 19, 2025
    2.2K

    Should you block community access to LLMs and AI ChatBots?

    Is anyone concerned about the chatbots and LLMs like ChatGPT and Perplexity crawling your content, training their models and then ultimately driving the traffic away from you? It’s a different...

    Like 2 Replies 2
  • Steven Way
    Steven Way
    @stevenway • Feb 25, 2025
    Feb 25, 2025
    2.1K

    Suggest a cheaper Slack alternative for our community

    We're considering moving our community off of Slack. We are a a small company from Ontario. Slack seemed like the perfect platform to start our customer community. We currently have...

    Like 2 Replies 1
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Feb 15, 2025
    Feb 15, 2025
    2.5K

    Why Build an Online Community: Advantages and Disadvantages

    What excites me about building the Jatra Community Platform is the possibilities it unlocks for businesses. Most of the entrepreneurs are aware of only the ‘user-engagement’ aspect and have not explored the true potential of an online community built around their business. Did you know...
    Like 4 Replies 3
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Feb 25, 2026
    Feb 25, 2026
    2.3K

    February 2025 Update: Job Board Integrated with Community and More

    It’s the middle of February and I’ve an update for all our customers. At Jatra, we were incredibly busy preparing for an an interesting post-type: Job. Jatra will soon let...
    Like 6 Replies 5
  • Paula Derrenger
    Paula Derrenger Champion
    @paulad • Mar 16, 2025
    Mar 16, 2025
    2.1K

    How did you get your first 100 members for your community?

    Growing a community from zero to 100 members is one of the hardest, yet most important milestones. All the communities I helped grow had to struggle to get its first...

    Like 2 Replies 3
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Jul 15, 2026
    Jul 15, 2026
    2.4K

    Jatra - A Powerful Discourse Alternative for Communities

    It’s been 20 years since I started managing online communities.Back in 2005, I created my first community on phpBB - a popular platform at the time. Over the next two decades, I switched platforms multiple times:phpBB → vBulletin → xenForo → custom solution → Jatra.Along...
    Like 4 Replies 3
  • Changelog: Version: 2.1.0

    New Feature: Automatic Open Graph Image Previews for Jatra Powered Communities

    Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh
    Jan 30, 2025
    new feature
    I’m excited to announce a new feature that we ourselves wanted - Automatic Open Graph image generation for your content without explicitly mentioned images. For example, the ‘Discussions’ do not...
    Like 1 Replies 0
  • Paula Derrenger
    Paula Derrenger Champion
    @paulad • Feb 15, 2025
    Feb 15, 2025
    2.5K

    How would you revive a dead community?

    Keeping a community lively is proper tough. In one of the communities I run, barely 1% of the members actually get involved. No one’s posting, and replies are rare -...

    Like 3 Replies 8
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Jan 30, 2025
    Jan 30, 2025
    2.2K

    January, 2025 : Community Platform Update

    After several weeks of silence, I thought I’d give our fellow Jatra family members an update on what’s happening behind the scenes. We spent past 3 months building the ‘Channels’...
    Like 3 Replies 0
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Sep 11, 2026
    Sep 11, 2026
    4.8K

    WhatsApp Community Growth and Engagement Guide - 2026

    In this guide, you will learn the proven techniques to grow your WhatsApp community and boost engagement. As someone who has been building online communities for over 20 years; I have seen the good, bad and the ugly of community building. Before we begin: My...
    Like 5 Replies 3
  • Changelog: Version: 2.0.0

    Public, Private and Restricted Channels on Jatra

    Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh
    Jan 29, 2025
    new feature bugfix improvement
    We are excited to announce a major upgrade to Jatra Community Platform. Following is the overview of what’s new, and available immediately to all Jatra consumers.You can now create 4...
    Like 3 Replies 2
  • Kaustubh Katdare
    Kaustubh Katdare
    @kaustubh • Jan 30, 2025
    Jan 30, 2025
    1.6K

    Community Building is Easy - Dharmesh Shah

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    I came across this LinkedIn post from Dharmesh Shah: co-founder and CTO at Hubspot. Dharmesh says that most founders overthink how hard it is to start and build a community....

    Like 2 Replies 2
  • Alex Xu
    Alex Xu
    @alex • May 24, 2025
    May 24, 2025
    21.7K

    What's the Best PHP Forum Software In Your Opinion?

    If you were to start a new forum for your online business - which PHP forum software would you choose and why? You may ask - why PHP and not...

    Like 4 Replies 3
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