Kaustubh Katdare

What are some of the alternatives to XenForo?

XenForo is a dominant player in the world of community platforms. I’d like to know about the latest forum and community platforms in the market that...

25 Proven Community Monetization Strategies: Going Beyond Paid Memberships

If you thought launching paid memberships is the only way you can make money with your online community, hold your horse!In this article, you’ll learn not...

Are Online Forums Dead?

TL;DR: No, online forums are not dead. Despite what many believe, online forums still exist - and they are evolving. In fact, more communities and businesses...

21 Top Skills for Community Building and Engagement

In this article, I will share a list of 21 must have skills for any professional community builder.Now, even with almost 20 years of community building...

Jatra - An Upvoty Alternative Integrated with Community

Prior to founding the Jatra Community Platform, I served as the Head of Growth at a hyper-growth SaaS startup. Our product teams relied on user feedback,...

Quality of Life Update: Improved Click-Area for Posts

A short quality-of-life improvement to Jatra Community. We now have a much bigger clickable area for all the posts on the Index.Typically, the way to implement...

Which of these is a pull method of community engagement?

You're starting a new online community. What should you do first?

What is the most common reason why online communities fail?

Guide: Get First 100 Community Members Quickly

In my career, I’ve built several communities. The hardest part of building a community is getting its first 100 members.Let’s not confuse ‘members’ with 'sign-ups’. In...

The Ultimate Guide to Community Engagement and Retention in 2026

In this guide, you will learn some of the most advanced and time-tested strategies and activities to boost community engagement and retention. The world of communities...

Community-Led Growth : The Easy Way

In this article, we’ll talk about community-led growth and discuss an easy way to implement it for your business.Prior to founding the Jatra Community Platform, I...

Why is Community Building Important for Startups in 2025?

Howdy Jatra Community Members! 👋 Thought I’d get your views on Why community building is important for startups. Having a thriving community for your business is...

Experimental: Delete and Ban User [Powerful]

It’s essential to keep our community spam-free. Today, we have launched an experimental feature that is quite powerful. It’s called “Delete and Ban”Whenever the admins delete...

New: Community SEO, Layout Optimization and Performance Improvements

I’m excited to release the version 2.2.0 - our major update to Jatra in 2025. This release is paced with amazing features, massive SEO improvements and...

Medial App (Shark Tank India) : Social Network

Medial App pitched on Shark Tank India. It’s a cool social network that takes on X and goes beyond by offering features like Startup Showcase (India’s...

[Steps] Build Organic Online Community for Brand

Most entrepreneurs, markets and community builders believe that their social media following is their “brand community”. The truth is social media is just a broadcast channel...

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...

New Confetti Effect - Upon Clicking 'Like' Button

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;...

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...

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...

Minor Update: Members List Available Inside Settings

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...

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...

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...

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’...

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 - 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....

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

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,...

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...

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...

Public, Private and Restricted Channels on Jatra

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...

Community Building is Easy - Dharmesh Shah

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...

Sneak Peek At Upcoming Features on Jatra

ETA: January, 2025 last week.After several weeks of working behind the scenes, we are excited to start 2025 with a huge update to Jatra Community Platform.The...

What is the best way to dissolve a community?

This question was asked in a webinar I attended about building community for startups. Say you’ve built a community and now want to dissolve it; what...

Self-Hosted Vs. Fully Managed Community Platform - What Should You Pick?

When starting a new community, you’ll have to choose between a self-hosted and a fully-managed community platform.In my career spanning 20 years as an entrepreneur and...

How to get engagement on WhatsApp community?

I recently had a discussion with a promising founder who is looking to build a community. Their startup has potential and has steadily gaining users. They...