# Community ownership models

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-ownership-models/404814
**Category:** Enterprise
**Tags:** enterprise-ready
**Created:** [June 9, 2026, 4:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-ownership-models/404814 "2026-06-09T04:41:11Z")
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### Author: ![mcwumbly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mcwumbly/32/103861_2.png) [@mcwumbly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mcwumbly)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/community-ownership-models/404814/12 "2026-06-18T14:37:42Z")

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I don’t think that fits into marketing.

I think that all fits into “product development” – within the company, in practice that includes engineering, design, and product management.

I think that’s still the foundation of this community:

> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> In the early days, I think it was primarily aligned with product – we wanted a way to both:
> 
> - dogfood the product ourselves _and_
> - get early feedback on features from open source users
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> In return, the value to users (customers, broadly speaking), was:
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> - support from the team and the community
> - input on product direction
> 
> I think those are still at the foundation of this community.

That said, of course, product and marketing also collaborate (and not only in the context of the community).

In practice, while community “falls under marketing” there’s shared ownership of our community, and everyone has a stake in it.

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