# Five Essential Features of an Online Community Platform | Blog

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/five-essential-features-of-an-online-community-platform-blog/203521
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [September 14, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/five-essential-features-of-an-online-community-platform-blog/203521 "2021-09-14T13:41:21Z")
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### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [September 14, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/five-essential-features-of-an-online-community-platform-blog/203521/1 "2021-09-14T13:41:21Z")

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Choosing the right community platform can be difficult. With the variety of feature sets available, it can be difficult to know what’s most important for your community. In this post, we’re going to take a look at what we think are the five most important features to consider when looking for an online platform or [starting a new community](https://blog.discourse.org/2021/08/online-community).

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2021/09/community-features](https://blog.discourse.org/2021/09/community-features)