> Discourse and similar tools are doing the same for communication and > community building. >
I have just read https://www.discourse.org/testimonials and here are some of the quotes that resonated the most with my own feelings about Discourse: *“It’s really oriented towards community* and considering that in 4 months since I started the forum I got over 20k posts and a lot of active and engaged members I can say it’s doing just that.” —Johnny, mpsocial.com “Our Discourse forum is the epicenter of our community. We have been active on social media (facebook, twitter, etc) for a few years and as our community grew significantly, we realized we needed a more flexible medium to engage with our users. *We tried a few alternatives and nothing came close to Discourse in term of encouraging healthy and constructive discussion despite a very passionate and diverse audience.*” —Philippe, Infinite Flight <https://community.infinite-flight.com/> “Having a forum allows us to do a number of community centric things: run contests, talk strategy, facilitate fan art, report/resolve bugs, talk about player feedback and feature suggestions, and discuss updates. Ultimately, *it helps us build a stronger identity as a community-first developer*, since we are able to foster stronger connections with individual community members and the community as a whole through our activity there.” —Gordon, Proletariat <http://forums.proletariat.com/> “The wide range of Discourse tools, as well as its intelligence that comes out of the box, made it possible for our community to thrive — despite the fact that the number of potential users is very limited. I run an online community of Ukrainian goat keepers. (…) I DO believe that one of the key factors in achieving our goals was and still is using Discourse. (…) Discourse is worth the effort and time you spend on learning its features. *Your productivity will boost. You will be able to do much more with fewer team members compared to other discussion engines. JUST USE IT.*” —Anton, Kozovod.com <https://forum.kozovod.com/> “I want to point out how much of a difference the Discourse app makes. I used to engage on Discourse mobile once a week or so, no more. *I am now doing probably half of my interactions with Discourse on mobile, day in day out, both posts and pageviews.* Most of our power users have picked up the app too.” —Michel “I was a fan of Discourse before, but now I’m an evangelist! *This kind of support can only come from people who care deeply about online communities, what they stand for, and why they matter.*” —Tiago “There is some magic in what people feel when they get used to the Discourse-way of doing things. It irritates almost everyone when they try it, but then it gradually makes people happy, then extremely happy, then they become addicted to this discussion engine. I know what I’m talking about — I spoke to tens of them, and absolutely all of them, *even the haters eventually fell in love with our forum, and can’t use competitors forums anymore. ..."* “We’ve been using googlegroups for a long time for a software support forum and I was happy enough - it was easy, “did the job” and compared to the various BB options I didn’t feel the need to switch. *Having spent a few days now using Discourse I’m blown away. There are so many neat, useful features in here, without it feeling overwhelming and bloated.* I keep coming and finding another thing that it does “right” and I just keep getting happier!” —Jon "It’s a space for all coworkers to discuss, be it current methodology, philosophy, vision or strategy. We also love shared knowledge through best practices, new tools and the best ideas around. (…) *All the conversation that matters and deserves a calm space to be on lives in Discourse*. Everything else, the quick and inconsequential things, go to Slack." —David, GoodRebels My best wishes to all! Xavier -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/6e70d0e3-abe3-4872-bbfd-ce98220756f9%40googlegroups.com.
