Community Building

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. Comparison Topics comparing Discourse to other platforms. Enterprise Discussions about building community for enterprises and other large organizations. 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	95	15233	March 17, 2021
Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) Praise	21	4008	May 16, 2024
The MEGATOPIC: public good, or public menace? Community Building	41	16406	April 4, 2021
How we use Discourse as a superior ..... management tool Praise	5	5072	April 2, 2019
Discourse Rewind 2024 Community Building rewind	16	877	April 11, 2025
Discourse for Teams (Alpha Testing summer 2020) Community Building	23	6407	October 27, 2020
Unfortunately I had to pull the plug Community Building	98	12174	December 24, 2022
A decade of forum advice from Something Awful Community Building	18	13006	January 26, 2021
Post your Discourse T-shirt, socks and other swag pics! Praise	65	19441	May 24, 2023
Turned my Discourse into a successful ecommerce platform! Praise	15	7308	February 17, 2025
Frostbite :heart: Discourse Praise	18	76043	September 28, 2021
What would you like to see on your Discourse 2.0 Admin Dashboard? Community Building feedback	88	15015	April 16, 2018
Recommendations for handling difficult situations Community Building moderation	11	5721	November 9, 2022
Share your Discourse Halloween decorations! Community Building	27	3642	October 26, 2022
Sharing our experience changing the Discourse UI Praise	8	7602	July 2, 2019
Discourse and Slack (or other group chat apps like IRC, HipChat, Gitter, etc) Community Building	31	22763	February 21, 2019
My fall and return on Discourse Community Building	9	2142	February 15, 2022
Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"? Community Building	164	15489	March 16, 2026
How are we all feeling about ChatGPT and other LLMs and how they'll impact forums? Community Building ai	102	9148	February 13, 2025
Using discourse as ticket system, so no balls are dropped :woman_juggling: Community Building	9	5481	January 23, 2019
Thoughts from the Elm community on Intentional Communication Community Building	20	5923	September 18, 2019
What are some of the hardest moments you had as a moderator? Community Building	38	10461	May 9, 2022
Community Guide: Activating Lurkers Community Building how-to , guide	28	3744	February 21, 2024
Human-driven copy-paste spam Community Building	54	9280	July 24, 2025
Coming back to Discourse 👋 Community Building	6	1515	August 10, 2021
Share your Discourse Christmas decorations! Community Building	11	3619	December 15, 2021
Meta is an outstanding community Praise	4	1771	February 2, 2022
Addressing gender balance in online communities Community Building	26	5125	February 2, 2018
How is Google Docs to Markdown so good on Discourse? Praise	4	3041	June 12, 2020
Third migration, once again for a niche forum (Volkswagen Campers vans) Praise	11	3045	November 3, 2022
Who is extensively using the badge system? Community Building	13	7930	July 19, 2016
How did you know you could be successful with a forum? Community Building	19	5008	August 28, 2018
5 years on - how have you found Discourse? Community Building	24	4385	May 9, 2022
2018: The Year in Review Community Building year-in-review	9	5168	January 5, 2019
Discouragement of the First-Time Discourse Admin Community Building	36	1413	December 21, 2025
Should Discourse make an effort to become a viable comment platform? Community Building	62	5383	March 25, 2026
Discourse is Best Forum Solution in the 2017 CMS Critic Awards Praise	7	3078	November 7, 2017
Forum owners, how do you "fight" Facebook groups? Community Building	44	12561	November 10, 2022
Add Plausible Analytics or Fathom tracking to Discourse Data & reporting guide , analytics	32	4531	May 15, 2025
Why We Love Discourse Praise	4	1470	February 14, 2021
Political (and other contentious topics) moderation strategies Community Building	29	5449	March 14, 2023
The sun is setting on Discourse for Teams as a separate product Community Building	3	1653	May 4, 2022
Nominate Discourse for CMS Critic Awards 2017 Praise	11	2523	November 1, 2017
People are not using the :heart: button Community Building	33	7685	June 25, 2018
Thank You Discourse - Incredible Software Praise	6	841	March 14, 2024
Opinion: Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting? Community Building	17	4630	April 9, 2022
When you started your first Discourse community, what did you find hard to do? Community Building	44	5073	December 15, 2024
What would it take to replace Facebook with Discourse? Community Building facebook-migration	80	10298	September 28, 2021
Webby Awards: Vote for Discourse for Best Community! :tada: Praise	11	844	April 29, 2024
Using Discourse as a social media platform Community Building	98	16427	December 30, 2022