Which is the best platform to build an online community?

I know a lot of us are trying to build communities across different spaces - from Fb, Tw, Slack, Reddit & now Discord. While I think it totally depends on your ICP. For example, my ICP (eCommerce - brands & agencies) are active across different channels, depending on how dedicatedly the community drivers are carrying out rituals. My group is trying something separate, a community built on circle.so, to create exclusivity, regular ritual automations, and using circle.so UI which makes consumption of content a lot easier, like this: https://community.dtcdrive.com/c...

Depends. Will you be actually talking, If so, Discord. If it will be text-based, Reddit or Slack.

We're building Superwave. It's Slack married Notion. Good for discussing content on your own platform. Don't have to rely on big tech social networks. It's in beta and built by a stealth team at Hopin

We built a community on Slack and it works pretty well for our target persona. In general I would say it depends on who your customers are and what do you want to do with the community.

as it depends on the specific needs and goals of the community. Some popular options include social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as dedicated community-building platforms like Discourse and Mighty Networks.

I am part of two Circle.so communities - while the experience is good, their mobile interface and app leaves a lot to ask for. My unpopular opinion is to stick with basics and on platforms where your prospective community members are most comfortable with (bonus if they are already spending time on that platform). WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack are all great choices. I am not on Discord - can't comment on that.

Using Circle for https://microsaasidea.com So far, no issues. But I have seen people using Discord too.

I've been looking for a while for different tools and right now stopped at 2 choices: — Discord — we use it for an investment automation platform, looks great so far for ~100 people. — Circle.so — didn't use it, but looks really promising to me. Would love to try it when I have a chance. A bit pricy though.

I would say Twitter and PH :) Still can't figure out Reddit but would love to do so

From my experience, I found that Reddit is a great place to build a community. In addition, if you can offer several mediums for a community to grow, I've found that this provides better results. If you have a reddit community, you can also guide these users to a discord channel as well. This way, the conversation can continue outside of your main posts. It's also really good for support if you are offering a product.

We created frond.com and successfully launched it on Product Hunt. Our goal is to offer a great user experience that strips away the technical look and feel of community platforms while still providing all the features that professional admins expect.

Noticing that no one has mentioned WhatsApp? I find it to be incredibly efficient to get small communities off the ground before moving to another platform – and who knows, with WhatsApp's new Communities feature, it might work for larger communities as well. What do you think?

Facebook

Depends, I would say PH and Reddit :)

In general, I'd say you can't go wrong with PH, Discord, or Reddit. But your audience may be more active on other platforms, so it's best to choose based on whatever group of people you are trying to reach.

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PH and Twitter!

I love using Discord because it's highly adaptable and easy to use. It can also connect to many other tools. However, it does have a few downsides, such as limited discoverability and a learning curve that might take some time to get used to

Twitter is hands down the best for communities around tech. If you are targeting a much older demographic then maybe include Facebook too.

Ive seen plenty of startups use Discord or Slack. Ghost.io and Substack are great if you are also publishing/writing insights. Circle.so is good for your own forum or a simple Buddypress/Wordpress equivalent. Depending on the type of people you want to join your community, I would utilise free platforms, social media groups where they are, utilise customers to an email list/forum/invite to community platform. Depends if its product orientated community/content orientated or for social.