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	16929	March 17, 2021
Why you should use Discourse internally for your company/team instead of Slack (4 years use case) Praise	21	4483	May 16, 2024
The MEGATOPIC: public good, or public menace? Community Building	41	17018	April 4, 2021
Discourse Rewind 2024 Community Building rewind	16	1197	April 11, 2025
How we use Discourse as a superior ..... management tool Praise	5	5211	April 2, 2019
Discourse for Teams (Alpha Testing summer 2020) Community Building	23	6836	October 27, 2020
Unfortunately I had to pull the plug Community Building	98	13044	December 24, 2022
A decade of forum advice from Something Awful Community Building	18	13319	January 26, 2021
Post your Discourse T-shirt, socks and other swag pics! Praise	65	20470	May 24, 2023
Turned my Discourse into a successful ecommerce platform! Praise	15	7553	February 17, 2025
Frostbite :heart: Discourse Praise	18	76474	September 28, 2021
What would you like to see on your Discourse 2.0 Admin Dashboard? Community Building feedback	88	16030	April 16, 2018
Recommendations for handling difficult situations Community Building moderation	11	5870	November 9, 2022
Share your Discourse Halloween decorations! Community Building	27	4071	October 26, 2022
Sharing our experience changing the Discourse UI Praise	8	7734	July 2, 2019
Discourse and Slack (or other group chat apps like IRC, HipChat, Gitter, etc) Community Building	31	23197	February 21, 2019
Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"? Community Building	164	17806	March 16, 2026
My fall and return on Discourse Community Building	9	2245	February 15, 2022
How are we all feeling about ChatGPT and other LLMs and how they'll impact forums? Community Building ai	102	10545	February 13, 2025
Using discourse as ticket system, so no balls are dropped :woman_juggling: Community Building	9	5737	January 23, 2019
Thoughts from the Elm community on Intentional Communication Community Building	20	6148	September 18, 2019
Community Guide: Activating Lurkers Community Building how-to , guide	28	4281	February 21, 2024
What are some of the hardest moments you had as a moderator? Community Building	38	11060	May 9, 2022
Human-driven copy-paste spam Community Building	54	9944	July 24, 2025
Meta is an outstanding community Praise	4	1912	February 2, 2022
Coming back to Discourse 👋 Community Building	6	1600	August 10, 2021
Share your Discourse Christmas decorations! Community Building	11	3766	December 15, 2021
Addressing gender balance in online communities Community Building	26	5388	February 2, 2018
How is Google Docs to Markdown so good on Discourse? Praise	4	3160	June 12, 2020
Third migration, once again for a niche forum (Volkswagen Campers vans) Praise	11	3182	November 3, 2022
Who is extensively using the badge system? Community Building	13	8077	July 19, 2016
Discouragement of the First-Time Discourse Admin Community Building	36	2329	December 21, 2025
5 years on - how have you found Discourse? Community Building	24	4798	May 9, 2022
How did you know you could be successful with a forum? Community Building	19	5291	August 28, 2018
2018: The Year in Review Community Building year-in-review	9	5319	January 5, 2019
Should Discourse make an effort to become a viable comment platform? Community Building	62	6287	March 25, 2026
Add Plausible Analytics or Fathom tracking to Discourse Data & reporting guide , analytics	32	4958	May 15, 2025
Forum owners, how do you "fight" Facebook groups? Community Building	44	13324	November 10, 2022
Discourse is Best Forum Solution in the 2017 CMS Critic Awards Praise	7	3144	November 7, 2017
Why We Love Discourse Praise	4	1545	February 14, 2021
Political (and other contentious topics) moderation strategies Community Building	29	5756	March 14, 2023
Opinion: Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting? Community Building	18	4897	August 23, 2026
The sun is setting on Discourse for Teams as a separate product Community Building	3	1714	May 4, 2022
Nominate Discourse for CMS Critic Awards 2017 Praise	11	2647	November 1, 2017
People are not using the :heart: button Community Building	33	8181	June 25, 2018
Thank You Discourse - Incredible Software Praise	6	959	March 14, 2024
When you started your first Discourse community, what did you find hard to do? Community Building	44	5754	December 15, 2024
Webby Awards: Vote for Discourse for Best Community! :tada: Praise	11	1111	April 29, 2024
What would it take to replace Facebook with Discourse? Community Building facebook-migration	80	11177	September 28, 2021
Using Discourse as a social media platform Community Building	98	17974	December 30, 2022