Adjourn

Run The Edge is a growing community of running enthusiasts. The came to us with a need to update their Shopify site to support their large community base and that led us to update their user experience and design, improve site performance, launch a new community, and develop a native app experience.

We’ve built many community apps over the years and have refined our features and user experience over time. Here’s a look at what our native community app offers in 2023 and who’s using it.

Every Discord community is unique and your users may need additional features beyond Discord’s defaults to thrive. We’re looking at our favorite Discord bots and how they could benefit your server in 2023.

If you’re currently a community owner using distributed software or a custom solution, you may be wondering what Discord’s new forum functionality means for your site. Here we’ll take a look at what you should consider before choosing to make the move.

We’re continuing our community guide series to take another look at building a community in Discord. With all of the new features they’ve added this year and new takes on community strategy, we’ll look at how to grow monetization, engagement, and more in your server.

We partnered with a group of researchers and professors from Northeastern University to design and later build a MVP of a platform that would accomplish real-world environmental planning and collaboration among stakeholders.

If you have an online community, you or your platform may be impacted by the American Choice and Innovation Online Act and the Open App Markets Act, aimed at helping smaller online businesses by limiting the big from monopolizing the internet and blocking out competitors.

If you’re planning to introduce new features or functionality to your community, check out our strategies for using beta testing to successfully make changes to your site.

Making your community or content easily accessible to users is critical for building a positive environment and growing engagement. By converting your WordPress community into a native app you can create reach your users through push notifications and create an experience optimized for a mobile device.

Balance the features you need in your community with the costs of running a platform to determine whether a forum, an existing solution such as Facebook Groups or Discord, or a custom solution are the best option for you and your users.

While the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA) are still being negotiated, it’s best to remain informed about potential regulations that could impact your community. With information circulating around, we’ve done the research for you to highlight the key takeaways to be aware of.

Choosing the right forum software for your community is crucial for ensuring a successful platform. In this article, we compare XenForo and Invision Community forum software to help you make an informed decision on which software is right for you.