I made a couple small changes here, that I think help:
- I moved General back out of this category, as an additional top level category
- I reordered categories a bit so Community Building is second (1st after News and Events).
- I made the category description a bit more concise
- I did not add “show subcategories” for this category
(It’s also not shown for Support)
The decision about whether or not to show subcategories is dependent upon whether posting is allowed (or encouraged) at that top level - I did not move out the other three subcategories (data and reporting, praise, comparison).
At the moment, these still feel like the best place for these to me.
So there are now 3 main, top-level discussion categories:
- Community Building
- General
- Support
The other top level categories are more “category group”-like – primarily containers for subcategories.
I want to continue shaping this Community Building category. I’m wondering whether there are ways to provide greater affordances for more of these kinds of discussions for example:
- Helping community managers new to Discourse learn their way around the product
- Helping site admins new to community management learn their way around the practice
- Sharing stories/experiences
But maybe that is something to focus on more separately after some of this other stuff settles down a bit more.