Strategies for keeping children safe in your online community
Around the world, new laws and standards are changing how online spaces operate, especially when it comes to protecting children and other vulnerable users| Discourse
When I first started thinking about building a community around my writing, I did what any reasonable person would do: I looked at what everyone else was doing.| Discourse
As I moved through various support roles, I developed skills that would eventually lead me to my current career as a product manager (though when I started out, I had no idea what product management even meant).| Discourse
Successful community growth doesn’t happen by accident. You need a deliberate acquisition strategy that goes beyond vanity numbers and focuses on attracting the right people.| Discourse
Every year, we bring our fully remote team together for a week-long meetup. In September 2025, 87 of us gathered in Prague for an unforgettable experience in the only way we know how — chaotic, wholesome, and inspiring.| Discourse
Modern communication is built for the scroll. Think: Slack and Discord chats, disappearing messages, DMs, and social feeds. But when it’s the only system of record, ephemeral channels quickly erase institutional memory.| Discourse
Only the most privileged of community practitioners will make it to retirement without experiencing the stress of chasing growth targets at least once in their career.| Discourse
We all crave connection. And when we want to bring people together, the easiest option is to spin up a group chat. But if you’ve ever tried turning a Slack, Discord, or WhatsApp group into a real community, you’ve seen the trade-off| Discourse
An experience I think a lot of us have these days in our interactions online, whether it be in the workplace, on social media, or even in real life is “We’ve had this conversation before…”| Discourse
AI has turned search into answers. People ask a question, get one synthesized response, and see a small handful of cited sources. If your community is one of those sources, you win trust, traffic, and pipeline.| Discourse
Social media and instant messaging fundamentally changed how we talk to each other. The paragraph has ceded power to fast moving and ephemeral chat that inevitably leans toward the shallow and reactive.| Discourse
Sometimes, knowing what not to do is a good way to get better at something. We’ve put together a list of the common missteps that community managers make when attempting to measure the ROI of their community.| Discourse
Around the world, new laws and standards are changing how online spaces operate, especially when it comes to protecting children and other vulnerable users| Discourse
The privacy paradox: is the delta that exists between our attitude towards protecting our personal privacy and reality of the way we behave online. Had I known about this incongruity when I first encountered the internet, I might have done things differently.| Discourse
We know that building community isn’t one-size-fits-all. Every organization has its own voice, values, and vision, and your community platform| Discourse
After six months of steady improvements in our beta releases, we’re excited to announce our latest release, Discourse 3.5. This release, we focused on improving both the member and community management experience.| Discourse
At Discourse, we believe that community builders should always have a place to turn when they have questions. That’s why we created Ask Discourse| Discourse
A community rarely changes their platform lightly. The motivation is often to improve the experience, enhance functionality, and ensure the platform| Discourse
Building an enterprise community from scratch in just 30 days might sound impossible. It’s not. This is for anyone wondering how to get started| Discourse
We love celebrating our customers and their success with Discourse, but it’s especially exciting when that success comes quickly and shows the impact a strong community can have.| Discourse
The Fediverse offers ways to expand the reach of Discourse communities and help them build bridges with people active in other spaces, all while keeping the conversation civil, meaningful and focused.| Discourse
Understanding the language of community metrics gives you a leg up when communicating your community’s value to stakeholders.| Discourse
How do you know if your community is having a positive effect on the broader organization it represents? Where do you turn when you have to defend the existence of your community?| Discourse
We’re always striving to make community management easier. That’s why Discourse 3.4 has introduced a variety of improvements from the admin to AI-powered tools to fight spam and help manage your community.| Discourse
“As soon as we turned it on, it was night and day.” - Colin Mueller, Community Manager at Sonar, describing the impact of implementing Discourse AI| Discourse
