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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#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...
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#Feedback
Update: Status of the bug changed from New -> Building.
Update: Status of the bug changed from New -> Building.
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#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 /...
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#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....
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#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...
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#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...
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#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:...
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#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...
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#Platform Updates
Update: Jatra is soon receiving a visual makeover! π
Update: Jatra is soon receiving a visual makeover! π
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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,...
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#Announcements
Tagging @fluffy-rickshaw , @florian and @YmH9kAs
Tagging @fluffy-rickshaw , @florian and @YmH9kAs
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#Announcements
Tagging @norman , @BlockChainMentor , @butterfly-sara
Tagging @norman , @BlockChainMentor , @butterfly-sara
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#Platform Updates
New Feature π : '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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#Community 101
How to Build a Community on WhatsApp β 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....
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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.
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#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...
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#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 π : Attach Polls...
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#Platform Updates
New Feature: Poll π : 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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#Platform Updates
Introducing "Resource" Post Type π : 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....
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#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...
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#Platform Updates
I'm glad you liked it, @BlockChainMentor .π
I'm glad you liked it, @BlockChainMentor .π
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#Platform Updates
Reply to this reply and test-drive the nested replies feature yourself. π
Reply to this reply and test-drive the nested replies feature yourself. π
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#Announcements
There are even more changes planned; Amit. Stay tuned π
There are even more changes planned; Amit. Stay tuned π
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#Community 101
You are welcome, @moni ! π
You are welcome, @moni ! π
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#Announcements
Jatra Nested Replies and Future Scope
We've recently released the Jatra's Nested Replies system to all the communities powered by Jatra Community Platform. We now request our fellow...
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#Community 101
Update: There are lots of questions being asked via DMs about optimizing the community con...
Update: There are lots of questions being asked via DMs about optimizing the community content - questions / articles etc. for SEO....
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#Announcements
Update: Nested Replies feature is now live: Sneak Peek At Jatras Nested Replies
Update: Nested Replies feature is now live: Sneak Peek At Jatras Nested Replies
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#Platform Updates
New Feature π : Nested Replies - Clarity > Chaos!
We are proud to announce the general availability of Jatra's Nested Replies system to all Jatra-powered communities. Jatra's Nested Replies system chooses...
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#Discussions
Welcome to Jatra @brave-forest . Jatra is designed to work with any website. It can be con...
Welcome to Jatra @brave-forest . Jatra is designed to work with any website. It can be configured to work on a subdomain...
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#Announcements
Thank you, @BlockChainMentor and @priyasahu . We're aiming to launch this over the weekend...
Thank you, @BlockChainMentor and @priyasahu . We're aiming to launch this over the weekend. Currently testing load times and a few edge...
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#Announcements
Sneak Peek @ Jatra's Nested Replies
When we built the first prototype of Jatra - we were 100% sure that we won't introduce nested replies. Nested replies aren't...
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#Announcements
Update: We are expecting slight delays in beta launches of the above features. We are pri...
Update: We are expecting slight delays in beta launches of the above features. We are prioritising the nested replies feature over the...
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#Discussions
Welcome back, @priyasahu . I've updated the title of this thread. It's not possible to tr...
Welcome back, @priyasahu . I've updated the title of this thread. It's not possible to transfer WhatsApp Community to Jatra. WhatsApp does...
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#Announcements
April 2026 Behind the Scenes: Jatra Rooms + Nested Replies and One More Thing
It's been a while I posted an update about what's happening behind the scenes at Jatra. Here's a sneak peek at what...
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#Feedback
@norman - the concept of banner is really simple - to show a message or announcement to gu...
@norman - the concept of banner is really simple - to show a message or announcement to guests and logged-in members. It...
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#Announcements
Thank you, @monster and @norman . I appreciate your encouragement. Jatra builds upon the c...
Thank you, @monster and @norman . I appreciate your encouragement. Jatra builds upon the core that was developed for nearly 10 years....
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#Platform Updates
@alex - We used to have 120 minutes as the session timeout; which has now been updated to...
@alex - We used to have 120 minutes as the session timeout; which has now been updated to 30 days. Plus, we...
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#Community Quiz
Which platform does this logo represent?
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#Community Quiz
Community SEO : Which tag prevents page indexing?
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#Platform Updates
Tagging @buoyant-moderator and @peaceful-pal - thank you for suggesting this feature.
Tagging @buoyant-moderator and @peaceful-pal - thank you for suggesting this feature.
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#Platform Updates
New Feature π : Stay Logged-In on Your Device
Jatra Version 3.3.3 introduces a quality of life feature that lets users stay logged-in on their device. The logins persist even when...
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#Platform Updates
Jatra Theme Designer UI + Usability Updates
We've released a small set of fixes to Jatra's UI designer. Following is the summary of the changes implemented in version 3.3.2:...
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#Community 101
I'm glad you liked it @BlockChainMentor . There's a lot to cover in this topic; and I plan...
I'm glad you liked it @BlockChainMentor . There's a lot to cover in this topic; and I plan to dive deeper. Pair...
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#Community 101
Why Your Community Gets No Traffic (And How to Fix It)
If your community is getting no traffic, this article will show you why. You will learn the biggest mistakes that stop communities...
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#Platform Updates
Sitemap Generation Performance Improvements
We have released a patch to improve the performance of Jatra's sitemap generator. We received a complain about site becoming unresponsive for...
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#Platform Updates
Attention @BlockChainMentor : When publishing articles with large number of links, the pos...
Attention @BlockChainMentor : When publishing articles with large number of links, the posting may slow down. Please let us know if you...
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#Platform Updates
New SEO Feature π : Auto Link-Processing
Weβve automated one of the most tedious parts of SEO: anchor text optimization. Jatra now automatically fetches and applies descriptive anchor text...
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#Feedback
Feedback Required: Sitewide Banner / Notice
We recently received a request for the ability to add sitewide banner to the community. The goal is to be able to...
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#Community 101
How to Plan Your First 90 Days as a New Community Manager
Congratulations on starting a new role as a community manager. Now that the celebration is over, letβs get to work. Your first...
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#Feedback
This functionality has been released in Jatra 3.x. Members can now upload favicon of their...
This functionality has been released in Jatra 3.x. Members can now upload favicon of their choice. In addition, users can upload a...
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#Feedback
@BlockChainMentor - We've released a fix that should now allow pasting directly from MS Wo...
@BlockChainMentor - We've released a fix that should now allow pasting directly from MS Word or Google Docs. It's however strongly recommended...
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#Platform Updates
Speed Improvements to '@mention' suggestions
We've released a small update the to Jatra's member search and suggestions engine that offers instant member suggestions especially on large communities...
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#Platform Updates
New Feature π :: Mark Reply as 'The Best'
All our Jatra powered communities have been updated with a new feature that lets post authors mark any reply on their thread...
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#Discussions
@ambarish - you can now actually 'Watch' any thread. Take a look: https://community.jatra...
@ambarish - you can now actually 'Watch' any thread. Take a look: https://community.jatra.club/changelog/new-feature-thread-watching-and-smart-reply-notificati...
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#Platform Updates
It's automatically enabled for all communities, @paulad . Simply visit any thread / articl...
It's automatically enabled for all communities, @paulad . Simply visit any thread / article with replies and you should see it. No...
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#Platform Updates
New Feature :: Likes on Replies π
Jatra 3.2.7 now allows likes on replies! Yeah, we know you've been waiting for this feature for a long time; but finally...
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#Platform Updates
We thank @paulad - for suggesting this feature. π
We thank @paulad - for suggesting this feature. π
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#Platform Updates
New Feature π :: Thread Watching and Smart Reply Notifications
Say hello to Jatra's Thread Watch system! Smart Thread Watchers Version 3.2.6 introduces a new system that lets your users stay updated...
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#Feedback
@BlockChainMentor - thank you for the details. We're looking into the issue. An update wil...
@BlockChainMentor - thank you for the details. We're looking into the issue. An update will be provided in the next 24 hours.
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#Discussions
Jatra Community Platform is now a strong alternative to both XenForo and Discourse. Choose...
Jatra Community Platform is now a strong alternative to both XenForo and Discourse. Choose Jatra because: We'll build your community with youEngage...
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#Platform Updates
@ambarish - thank you. I believe we'll need likes on replies as well π
@ambarish - thank you. I believe we'll need likes on replies as well π
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#Feedback
@ambarish - this is required in a specific case where the contents are first created in a...
@ambarish - this is required in a specific case where the contents are first created in a word document and then pasted...
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#Platform Updates
Update: We've made og-img urls noindex . This should help fix the error reported in Google...
Update: We've made og-img urls noindex . This should help fix the error reported in Google Search Console. cc: @BlockChainMentor
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#Platform Updates
Jatra 3.2.5 :: OG Image Improvements
We've published an update the improves the automatic OG-IMG generation for discussions, posts that do not have an attached image. OG IMG...