# Using Discourse as a social media platform **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133 **Category:** Community Building **Created:** [August 30, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133 "2021-08-30T16:16:29Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 95
### Author: ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz) #### Post date: [February 17, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133/95 "2022-02-17T18:41:43Z")
Here’s a brilliant follow-up! 😀 > [@Audience vs. Community: What’s the Difference? | Blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/audience-vs-community-what-s-the-difference-blog/218577): > > Audience and community are similar enough they basically seem to be the same thing. In reality, this is quite far from the truth. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2022/02/audience-vs-community](https://blog.discourse.org/2022/02/audience-vs-community) Oh, and on a different note, somebody found a great example of how a feed view customizable by the user could work. It’s explained in a very clear manner. > [@Any plans to make web stories for discourse?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/any-plans-to-make-web-stories-for-discourse/213859/3): > > I think personal Activity Streams would be of great value. So that each user can customize Activity Streams for themselves and receive role-based content (Customize your browsing experience that’s unique to you. Sort by unread, author, time period, tags, follows and more). Here’s an example: [https://invisioncommunity.com/4guides/how-to-use-ips-community-suite/content-discovery/activity-streams-r69/](https://invisioncommunity.com/4guides/how-to-use-ips-community-suite/content-discovery/activity-streams-r69/) This topic offers some brilliant advice that could help guide us in the right direction when it comes to our approach on mobile platforms. > [@What's the best advice for native app requests?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/whats-the-best-advice-for-native-app-requests/219370): > > This comes up repeatedly and I’d love to hear some opinions about best advice. My understanding right now: There’s the official Discourse app for mobile. It’s actually a hub, it let’s you sign in to various Discourse instances and enables push notifications for those on your mobile device. You’ll browse the actual sites using the mobile web version: Then there’s an independent iOS app with the same site manager approach, but the forum interfaces are coded natively. It seems to be out of acti… Very insightful and thought-provoking! 🤔 > [@Why isn't Discourse more frequently recommended as a "community platform"?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-dont-people-mention-discourse-in-conversations/221040): > > I just ran across this lengthy Twitter thread: There are more than 100 replies, but the summary is basically a ton of votes for Circle.so, a good number for Mighty Networks, some reference to “why change from Discord?”, and then literally 3 or 4 mentions of Discourse, most of them without anywhere near as much conviction or endorsement as those espousing Circle and others, or heck, even those saying they use Telegram for community. That concerns me. I almost jumped-in and added a recommendatio… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133)._