The discussion revolves around the potential implementation of user-created categories or ‘Clubs’ on Discourse, akin to subreddits, to allow users to create their own spaces within the platform. TheDarkWizard initiates the conversation, expressing interest in such a feature. HAWK confirms that the team is working on it but acknowledges the complexity involved. saquetim clarifies that the related plugin is under active development but not yet ready for public release. Other users like jimkleiber, Gotchur, Deads, ChrisArter, and cuo_wu express strong interest in the feature, with Deads specifically asking for a timeline. sam confirms there is no timeline yet but reassures that the feature is being considered. The discussion highlights community enthusiasm for this feature, with users hoping it will enhance the platform’s functionality and user engagement.
Back with another suggestion. I’d like to ask that some sort of Subreddit like system or “Clubs” as other software call them, be considered. It would allow a Discourse site to allow users their own spaces relevant to the site’s purpose or theme to exist. With the chat coming in and other various features that compete with social media, this would be one of the last things Discourse is missing in my opinion.
Some basic functionality would include:
Ability for users to create categories inside of their club
Some sort of invite/management system of who is in the club.
This is something that we are working towards but it’s a heavy lift because having unlimited numbers of categories introduces performance issues at an admin level. We’re very close to a compromise.
Yes, I’m really hopeful for something like this. One thing that guilded.gg has it the ability to create almost sub-forums, and I’ve been hoping Discourse could allow more self-organizing as well
