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	14671	March 17, 2021
Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) Praise	21	3863	May 16, 2024
The MEGATOPIC: public good, or public menace? Community Building	41	16133	April 4, 2021
Discourse Rewind 2024 Community Building rewind	17	827	April 18, 2025
How we use Discourse as a superior ..... management tool Praise	5	5029	April 2, 2019
Discourse for Teams (Alpha Testing summer 2020) Community Building	25	6254	October 27, 2020
Unfortunately I had to pull the plug Community Building	98	11672	December 24, 2022
A decade of forum advice from Something Awful Community Building	18	12838	January 26, 2021
Post your Discourse T-shirt, socks and other swag pics! Praise	65	19104	May 24, 2023
Turned my Discourse into a successful ecommerce platform! Praise	16	7243	February 17, 2025
Frostbite :heart: Discourse Praise	18	75950	September 28, 2021
What would you like to see on your Discourse 2.0 Admin Dashboard? Community Building feedback	89	14648	May 18, 2018
Recommendations for handling difficult situations Community Building moderation	11	5685	November 9, 2022
Share your Discourse Halloween decorations! Community Building	27	3545	October 26, 2022
Sharing our experience changing the Discourse UI Praise	8	7553	July 2, 2019
Discourse and Slack (or other group chat apps like IRC, HipChat, Gitter, etc) Community Building	32	22582	February 21, 2019
My fall and return on Discourse Community Building	9	2063	February 15, 2022
Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"? Community Building	165	13199	March 16, 2026
How are we all feeling about ChatGPT and other LLMs and how they'll impact forums? Community Building ai	103	8531	February 13, 2025
Using discourse as ticket system, so no balls are dropped :woman_juggling: Community Building	9	5418	January 23, 2019
Thoughts from the Elm community on Intentional Communication Community Building	20	5836	September 18, 2019
What are some of the hardest moments you had as a moderator? Community Building	38	10082	May 9, 2022
Community Guide: Activating Lurkers Community Building how-to , guide	28	3464	February 21, 2024
Human-driven copy-paste spam Community Building	54	8903	July 24, 2025
Coming back to Discourse 👋 Community Building	6	1498	August 10, 2021
Share your Discourse Christmas decorations! Community Building	11	3581	December 15, 2021
Meta is an outstanding community Praise	4	1740	February 2, 2022
Addressing gender balance in online communities Community Building	26	5031	February 2, 2018
How is Google Docs to Markdown so good on Discourse? Praise	4	3007	June 12, 2020
Third migration, once again for a niche forum (Volkswagen Campers vans) Praise	11	2986	November 3, 2022
Who is extensively using the badge system? Community Building	13	7883	July 19, 2016
How did you know you could be successful with a forum? Community Building	20	4948	August 28, 2018
5 years on - how have you found Discourse? Community Building	24	4246	May 9, 2022
2018: The Year in Review Community Building year-in-review	10	5079	December 2, 2023
Should Discourse make an effort to become a viable comment platform? Community Building	63	4827	March 25, 2026
Discouragement of the First-Time Discourse Admin Community Building	38	1028	December 31, 2025
Discourse is Best Forum Solution in the 2017 CMS Critic Awards Praise	7	3065	November 7, 2017
Forum owners, how do you "fight" Facebook groups? Community Building	44	12276	November 10, 2022
Add Plausible Analytics or Fathom tracking to Discourse Data & reporting analytics , guide	32	4370	May 15, 2025
Why We Love Discourse Praise	4	1463	February 14, 2021
The sun is setting on Discourse for Teams as a separate product Community Building	3	1640	May 4, 2022
Political (and other contentious topics) moderation strategies Community Building	29	5279	March 14, 2023
Nominate Discourse for CMS Critic Awards 2017 Praise	12	2465	November 1, 2017
People are not using the :heart: button Community Building	34	7442	June 25, 2018
Thank You Discourse - Incredible Software Praise	6	806	March 14, 2024
Opinion: Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting? Community Building	17	4564	April 9, 2022
When you started your first Discourse community, what did you find hard to do? Community Building	45	4918	December 15, 2024
Webby Awards: Vote for Discourse for Best Community! :tada: Praise	12	801	May 2, 2024
What would it take to replace Facebook with Discourse? Community Building facebook-migration	80	9906	September 28, 2021
Using Discourse as a social media platform Community Building	98	15757	December 30, 2022