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David McClure

Dave is always exploring in how people communicate to better understand each other and solve problems together. He found Discourse early on and has been an active member of the community ever since.

Data Portability Is Table Stakes For Community Builders In The Age Of Ai

With the growing ubiquity of AI, community builders should consider data portability as table stakes when choosing which platform to focus on. It makes sense to meet people where they are, but it’s not your home unless you hold the keys.

online community

The end of community memory?

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…” It’s perfectly natural. Different subsets of people come together and stories get retold.

success stories

How Elastic Bolsters Community Support with Discourse Automation

The Elastic community has been around for longer than the company itself and includes users, contributors, and customers of Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack products which are available as “free and open” [https://www.elastic.co/about/free-and-open] as well as paid offerings. As a continually growing community, there are

updates

Discourse Chat is now available. Try it out today!

Discourse Chat [https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-chat/230881] is now available to everyone as an open beta and is 100% free and open source [https://github.com/discourse/discourse-chat], as always. At Discourse we have long believed in the importance of asynchronous communication for the long-term health of a