Community Building

Comparison Topics comparing Discourse to other platforms. 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. Praise Have something nice to say about Discourse? We would love to hear it

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Calling out for volunteer Community Managers :mega: Community Building	97	14539	March 17, 2021
Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) Praise	21	3792	May 16, 2024
The MEGATOPIC: public good, or public menace? Community Building	41	16026	April 4, 2021
Discourse Rewind 2024 Community Building rewind	17	802	April 18, 2025
How we use Discourse as a superior ..... management tool Praise	5	5006	April 2, 2019
Discourse for Teams (Alpha Testing summer 2020) Community Building	25	6222	October 27, 2020
Unfortunately I had to pull the plug Community Building	98	11514	December 24, 2022
A decade of forum advice from Something Awful Community Building	18	12801	January 26, 2021
Post your Discourse T-shirt, socks and other swag pics! Praise	65	19007	May 24, 2023
Turned my Discourse into a successful ecommerce platform! Praise	16	7204	February 17, 2025
Frostbite :heart: Discourse Praise	18	75925	September 28, 2021
What would you like to see on your Discourse 2.0 Admin Dashboard? Community Building feedback	89	14467	May 18, 2018
Recommendations for handling difficult situations Community Building moderation	11	5665	November 9, 2022
Share your Discourse Halloween decorations! Community Building	27	3496	October 26, 2022
Sharing our experience changing the Discourse UI Praise	8	7530	July 2, 2019
Discourse and Slack (or other group chat apps like IRC, HipChat, Gitter, etc) Community Building	32	22494	February 21, 2019
My fall and return on Discourse Community Building	9	2046	February 15, 2022
Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"? Community Building	165	12696	March 16, 2026
How are we all feeling about ChatGPT and other LLMs and how they'll impact forums? Community Building ai	103	8340	February 13, 2025
Using discourse as ticket system, so no balls are dropped :woman_juggling: Community Building	9	5381	January 23, 2019
Thoughts from the Elm community on Intentional Communication Community Building	20	5802	September 18, 2019
What are some of the hardest moments you had as a moderator? Community Building	38	9999	May 9, 2022
Community Guide: Activating Lurkers Community Building how-to , guide	28	3357	February 21, 2024
Human-driven copy-paste spam Community Building	54	8804	July 24, 2025
Coming back to Discourse 👋 Community Building	6	1482	August 10, 2021
Share your Discourse Christmas decorations! Community Building	11	3555	December 15, 2021
Meta is an outstanding community Praise	4	1733	February 2, 2022
Addressing gender balance in online communities Community Building	26	4965	February 2, 2018
How is Google Docs to Markdown so good on Discourse? Praise	4	2991	June 12, 2020
Third migration, once again for a niche forum (Volkswagen Campers vans) Praise	11	2943	November 3, 2022
Who is extensively using the badge system? Community Building	13	7852	July 19, 2016
How did you know you could be successful with a forum? Community Building	20	4919	August 28, 2018
5 years on - how have you found Discourse? Community Building	24	4177	May 9, 2022
2018: The Year in Review Community Building year-in-review	10	5051	December 2, 2023
Should Discourse make an effort to become a viable comment platform? Community Building	60	4565	March 17, 2026
Discouragement of the First-Time Discourse Admin Community Building	38	946	December 31, 2025
Discourse is Best Forum Solution in the 2017 CMS Critic Awards Praise	7	3054	November 7, 2017
Forum owners, how do you "fight" Facebook groups? Community Building	44	12181	November 10, 2022
Add Plausible Analytics or Fathom tracking to Discourse Data & reporting analytics , guide	32	4299	May 15, 2025
Why We Love Discourse Praise	4	1450	February 14, 2021
The sun is setting on Discourse for Teams as a separate product Community Building	3	1626	May 4, 2022
Political (and other contentious topics) moderation strategies Community Building	29	5231	March 14, 2023
Nominate Discourse for CMS Critic Awards 2017 Praise	12	2450	November 1, 2017
People are not using the :heart: button Community Building	34	7392	June 25, 2018
Thank You Discourse - Incredible Software Praise	6	790	March 14, 2024
Opinion: Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting? Community Building	17	4533	April 9, 2022
When you started your first Discourse community, what did you find hard to do? Community Building	45	4834	December 15, 2024
Webby Awards: Vote for Discourse for Best Community! :tada: Praise	12	779	May 2, 2024
What would it take to replace Facebook with Discourse? Community Building facebook-migration	80	9776	September 28, 2021
Using Discourse as a social media platform Community Building	98	15504	December 30, 2022