When: 2025-11-19T22:00:00Z→2025-11-20T04:00:00Z
Where: Right here on Meta
Discourse is hosting our own AMA!
We’re sitting down with CEOs @sam and @hawk to answer your questions about where Discourse is headed, what we’re building, and why we believe thoughtful, asynchronous communities are more important than ever.
If you can’t make it live, drop your questions below now. We’ll prioritize questions people find most interesting, so use those
reactions liberally!
We’ll Be Answering Questions About…
Discourse ID - We’re excited to be announcing our new unified identity system that lets you use one login across any participating Discourse server. We’ll answer questions around functionality and what it means for your community and your users.
Our roadmap for the next 12 months - We’re excited to share what we’re building, what we’re prioritizing, and the strategic bets we’re making. From AI features that actually help humans to making Discourse even more accessible - we want your questions about where we’re going and when.
The bigger picture. Why do forums matter in 2025? How do we compete with ephemeral chat platforms? What does “owning your community” actually mean? And how will we keep building the best community software on the internet while staying true to our open-source roots?
How It Works
From 2025-11-19T22:00:00Z→2025-11-20T04:00:00Z, Discourse CEOs @sam and @hawk will be live in this topic answering your questions. Drop your questions in advance or join us live - we’ll tackle as many as we can in real-time and follow up on the rest.
Ask us about:
- Product direction and feature priorities
- Our open-source philosophy and business model
- Technical decisions and AI strategy
- Community building best practices
- That feature request you’ve been waiting for
- Literally anything else (within reason)
Discourse exists because of this community - builders, moderators, developers, and advocates who believe that meaningful online spaces require better tools. This is your chance to learn about what comes next.
See you there. Bring the hard questions!
AMA Rules:
- Please only ask one question by replying to this topic a single time, using the Reply button at the bottom. It’s also helpful to scroll to the bottom while reading the topic to make sure nobody else has asked the same question first before you ask.
- Please don’t ask more than one question so everyone gets a chance.
- Please do not reply to anyone else’s post. The only purpose of replies on this topic is to ask the author one question. Please create a new topic if you’d like to discuss a related topic in more detail.
Posts not following these rules may be removed by moderators to keep the Q&A flowing smoothly. Thank you!
