Community Building

Comparison Topics comparing Discourse to other platforms. Praise Have something nice to say about Discourse? We would love to hear it Enterprise Discussions about building community for enterprises and other large organizations. Data & reporting This is the category for everything related to Discourse data and reporting. Here, you can discuss dashboard reports, custom badge queries, data-explorer queries and any other analytic add-ons.

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Calling out for volunteer Community Managers :mega: Community Building	95	16749	March 17, 2021
Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) Praise	21	4426	May 16, 2024
The MEGATOPIC: public good, or public menace? Community Building	41	16946	April 4, 2021
Discourse Rewind 2024 Community Building rewind	16	1154	April 11, 2025
How we use Discourse as a superior ..... management tool Praise	5	5187	April 2, 2019
Discourse for Teams (Alpha Testing summer 2020) Community Building	23	6779	October 27, 2020
Unfortunately I had to pull the plug Community Building	98	12939	December 24, 2022
A decade of forum advice from Something Awful Community Building	18	13245	January 26, 2021
Post your Discourse T-shirt, socks and other swag pics! Praise	65	20382	May 24, 2023
Turned my Discourse into a successful ecommerce platform! Praise	15	7528	February 17, 2025
Frostbite :heart: Discourse Praise	18	76426	September 28, 2021
What would you like to see on your Discourse 2.0 Admin Dashboard? Community Building feedback	88	15903	April 16, 2018
Recommendations for handling difficult situations Community Building moderation	11	5850	November 9, 2022
Share your Discourse Halloween decorations! Community Building	27	4046	October 26, 2022
Sharing our experience changing the Discourse UI Praise	8	7724	July 2, 2019
Discourse and Slack (or other group chat apps like IRC, HipChat, Gitter, etc) Community Building	31	23133	February 21, 2019
Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"? Community Building	164	17586	March 16, 2026
My fall and return on Discourse Community Building	9	2231	February 15, 2022
How are we all feeling about ChatGPT and other LLMs and how they'll impact forums? Community Building ai	102	10453	February 13, 2025
Using discourse as ticket system, so no balls are dropped :woman_juggling: Community Building	9	5702	January 23, 2019
Thoughts from the Elm community on Intentional Communication Community Building	20	6120	September 18, 2019
Community Guide: Activating Lurkers Community Building how-to , guide	28	4246	February 21, 2024
What are some of the hardest moments you had as a moderator? Community Building	38	10986	May 9, 2022
Human-driven copy-paste spam Community Building	54	9841	July 24, 2025
Coming back to Discourse 👋 Community Building	6	1596	August 10, 2021
Meta is an outstanding community Praise	4	1888	February 2, 2022
Share your Discourse Christmas decorations! Community Building	11	3750	December 15, 2021
Addressing gender balance in online communities Community Building	26	5358	February 2, 2018
How is Google Docs to Markdown so good on Discourse? Praise	4	3128	June 12, 2020
Third migration, once again for a niche forum (Volkswagen Campers vans) Praise	11	3164	November 3, 2022
Who is extensively using the badge system? Community Building	13	8066	July 19, 2016
Discouragement of the First-Time Discourse Admin Community Building	36	2260	December 21, 2025
5 years on - how have you found Discourse? Community Building	24	4755	May 9, 2022
How did you know you could be successful with a forum? Community Building	19	5246	August 28, 2018
2018: The Year in Review Community Building year-in-review	9	5295	January 5, 2019
Should Discourse make an effort to become a viable comment platform? Community Building	62	6185	March 25, 2026
Add Plausible Analytics or Fathom tracking to Discourse Data & reporting guide , analytics	32	4894	May 15, 2025
Forum owners, how do you "fight" Facebook groups? Community Building	44	13249	November 10, 2022
Discourse is Best Forum Solution in the 2017 CMS Critic Awards Praise	7	3137	November 7, 2017
Why We Love Discourse Praise	4	1541	February 14, 2021
Political (and other contentious topics) moderation strategies Community Building	29	5713	March 14, 2023
Opinion: Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting? Community Building	18	4870	August 23, 2026
The sun is setting on Discourse for Teams as a separate product Community Building	3	1706	May 4, 2022
Nominate Discourse for CMS Critic Awards 2017 Praise	11	2630	November 1, 2017
People are not using the :heart: button Community Building	33	8091	June 25, 2018
Thank You Discourse - Incredible Software Praise	6	951	March 14, 2024
When you started your first Discourse community, what did you find hard to do? Community Building	44	5675	December 15, 2024
Webby Awards: Vote for Discourse for Best Community! :tada: Praise	11	1072	April 29, 2024
Using Discourse as a social media platform Community Building	98	17833	December 30, 2022
What would it take to replace Facebook with Discourse? Community Building facebook-migration	80	11065	September 28, 2021