Kaustubh Katdare

Kaustubh Katdare

Founder

Kaustubh is a 3x TEDx Speaker, Community Builder and Founder at Jatra Community Platform. I would love to help you build your community.

Member since
Jun 17, 2024
Last active
May 22, 2026
Total activities
706

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  1. #Community 101

    Agreed. We don't have full feature parity with Canny yet; but that's not the point. A lot...

    Agreed. We don't have full feature parity with Canny yet; but that's not the point. A lot of SaaS companies will do...

  2. #Feedback

    Update: Status of the bug changed from New -> Building.

    Update: Status of the bug changed from New -> Building.

  3. #Feedback

    Bug :: Cursor Jumps to the Bottom of Text When Draft is Saved While Editing

    We are aware of a bug in Jatra's editor that causes the text cursor jump to the end of the text /...

  4. #Community 101

    Why Product Feedback, Changelog, and Roadmap Should Live Inside Your Community

    Where Should Product Feedback Live? Inside Your Community, Not a Separate Tool I've operated in the SaaS world for almost a decade....

  5. #Discussions

    Welcome to Jatra, @cool-dog . I'm the founder at Jatra; so read everything below with that...

    Welcome to Jatra, @cool-dog . I'm the founder at Jatra; so read everything below with that in mind. I'll be straight about...

  6. #Community 101

    What Is a Reliable Community Engagement Platform? (Know Before You Commit)

    A reliable community engagement platform is software that hosts your member discussions and content with three guarantees: your data stays yours and...

  7. #Announcements

    Jatra Update : June 2026

    Dear Jatra family, it's been a while since we posted an update on what's happening behind the scenes at Jatra. New Clients:...

  8. #Feedback

    Update: Status changed to 'Reviewing'. Profile links will be a part of the upcoming layou...

    Update: Status changed to 'Reviewing'. Profile links will be a part of the upcoming layout upgrade we are planning. While the design...

  9. #Platform Updates

    Update: Jatra is soon receiving a visual makeover! 🙂

    Update: Jatra is soon receiving a visual makeover! 🙂

  10. #Platform Updates

    New Feature :: "Quick Posts" - New Post Type for Quick Posting

    We are excited to announce the launch of new "post" post-type. This new post-type allows quick posting in the community; without needing...

  11. #Discussions

    Update: We've tested and compared some of the top alternatives to Xenforo - a popular foru...

    Update: We've tested and compared some of the top alternatives to Xenforo - a popular forum software. The article also contains what...

  12. #Discussions

    Update: Those of you looking for official documentation from Google, look Pagination Best...

    Update: Those of you looking for official documentation from Google, look Pagination Best Practices for Google | Google Search Central | Documentation...

  13. #Discussions

    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...

  14. #Announcements

    A caution though: Enabling Push Notifications on mobile / laptop will lead to single notif...

    A caution though: Enabling Push Notifications on mobile / laptop will lead to single notification sent multiple times. During our global rollout,...

  15. #Announcements

    Tagging @fluffy-rickshaw , @florian and @YmH9kAs

    Tagging @fluffy-rickshaw , @florian and @YmH9kAs

  16. #Announcements

    Tagging @norman , @BlockChainMentor , @butterfly-sara

    Tagging @norman , @BlockChainMentor , @butterfly-sara

  17. #Announcements

    Tagging @ambarish , @monster , @abrakdabra - Please do install the app. We'll soon have a...

    Tagging @ambarish , @monster , @abrakdabra - Please do install the app. We'll soon have a visual 3-step guide to enabling notifications...

  18. #Announcements

    Beta Testing : Web Push Notifications + Jatra Progressive Web App

    At Jatra, we are testing two upcoming features - Web Push Notifications and Progressive Web App. Web Push Notifications: We've tried to...

  19. #Community 101

    Update: I've just published a thread on how to get your community content indexed faster....

    Update: I've just published a thread on how to get your community content indexed faster. This is not possible with WhatsApp. Take...

  20. #Community 101

    How to Get Forum Content Indexed and Ranked Faster

    I built CrazyEngineers community from 0 -> 400,000+ members organically. Between 2011 - 2017, it was one of the largest engineering forums...

  21. #Platform Updates

    New Feature 🎉 : 'meme' Post Type : Share Memes Like a Pro

    I am excited to introduce a new 'post-type' in Jatra's growing list of natively supported post-types: Meme This post-type was developed specially...

  22. #Community 101

    Update: WhatsApp is NOT a great community platform. It's a chat tool and it excels at allo...

    Update: WhatsApp is NOT a great community platform. It's a chat tool and it excels at allowing real time chat among a...

  23. #Community 101

    There's an update: WhatsApp has been promising a new feature that will let users choose th...

    There's an update: WhatsApp has been promising a new feature that will let users choose their 'usernames'. This will allow them to...

  24. #Community 101

    Update: WhatsApp has released a video that shows the process. It's bit old; but should giv...

    Update: WhatsApp has released a video that shows the process. It's bit old; but should give you an idea of how to...

  25. #Community 101

    How to Build a Community on WhatsApp — and Watch It Fail

    Over the past eight years, I have built 12 communities on WhatsApp. Some peaked at 50 members and others pushed past 800....

  26. #Discussions

    Hi @florian , we've discussed this over the call. I'll share the highlights from our call...

    Hi @florian , we've discussed this over the call. I'll share the highlights from our call in this thread for future visitors...

  27. #Discussions

    Welcome to Jatra, Ying. We're happy to have you in the community. I've run a vBulletin (vB...

    Welcome to Jatra, Ying. We're happy to have you in the community. I've run a vBulletin (vB) powered community for a few...

  28. #Discussions

    Perfect! Good visuals enhance the overall on-page UX; which helps reduce the bounce rate a...

    Perfect! Good visuals enhance the overall on-page UX; which helps reduce the bounce rate as well as improve the session time. Both...

  29. #Discussions

    Short answer: Images are very important for SEO. Images act as SEO-enhancers. I'll explain...

    Short answer: Images are very important for SEO. Images act as SEO-enhancers. I'll explain how Googlebot and web crawlers treat images and...

  30. #Discussions

    Really appreciate, @monster . I'll let you know. Might need your help review the script.

    Really appreciate, @monster . I'll let you know. Might need your help review the script.

  31. #Feedback

    @paulad - thank you for reporting this. I believe access to the resources should be for me...

    @paulad - thank you for reporting this. I believe access to the resources should be for members only. Therefore, guests should be...

  32. #Announcements

    Announcing Jatra Polls : The Most Beautiful Polling System You've Ever Seen

    We've just announced the new "Polls" feature. You may read the details in our changelog: New Feature: Poll 🎉 : Attach Polls...

  33. #Platform Updates

    New Feature: Poll 🎉 : Attach Polls to Your Discussions, Articles and Announcements

    Say hello to Jatra's Poll system! Polls has been one of the core features that popped-in our discussions for a while. I'm...

  34. #Resources

    Why Private Communities are Harder to Grow

    Should your community be public or private? In this short article, I discuss the pros and cons of building a private community...

  35. #Platform Updates

    Jatra UI Update : Wider Layout + More Space

    The hawk-eyed members of Jatra might have already noticed that we've a wider layout. The wider layout allows us: More space for...

  36. #Platform Updates

    Note: Resource post type is available to all Jatra powered communities. In order to enable...

    Note: Resource post type is available to all Jatra powered communities. In order to enable it: Head over the the admin panelCreate...

  37. #Platform Updates

    Introducing "Resource" Post Type 🎉 : Share files, videos and links with your community

    Every great community runs on shared knowledge. The tutorial that saves someone a weekend. The spreadsheet template that becomes the team standard....

  38. #Resources

    LinkedIn Post - Should you build a community on Reddit?

    I wrote a LinkedIn post on building a community on Reddit (rented land) vs owned platform (like Jatra Community Platform). Check it...

  39. #Platform Updates

    Thank you, Shubhada. In near future, we'll add a new metric to the analytics: Number of DM...

    Thank you, Shubhada. In near future, we'll add a new metric to the analytics: Number of DMs exchanged. When a community exchanges...

  40. #Discussions

    Update: We've published a comprehensive study on the differences between Discourse and Jat...

    Update: We've published a comprehensive study on the differences between Discourse and Jatra. We've considered several factors while comparing these two communi...

  41. #Platform Updates

    SEO Improvements :: Better Structured Data

    We have published several updates to Jatra's core that target a few SEO bugs and introduces improvements. SEO & Structured Data Improvements...

  42. #Discussions

    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...

  43. #Discussions

    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...

  44. #Community 101

    Server-Side Rendering (SSR) Vs. Client-Side Rendering (CSR) - What's Better for SEO?

    Modern web applications can render the content in two fundamentally different place: on the server before the response is sent or in...

  45. #Discussions

    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...

  46. #Feedback

    Using sitewide notice for displaying products services is not a good idea. We have a proto...

    Using sitewide notice for displaying products services is not a good idea. We have a prototype for 'shop' post type that can...

  47. #Platform Updates

    I'm glad you liked it, @BlockChainMentor .🙌

    I'm glad you liked it, @BlockChainMentor .🙌

  48. #Platform Updates

    Reply to this reply and test-drive the nested replies feature yourself. 😀

    Reply to this reply and test-drive the nested replies feature yourself. 😀