One thing to keep in mind is that having a forum is just one of the first steps in launching a successful community. As I mentioned a while back, just building it doesn’t mean people will show up. Maybe the single biggest challenge in community building is keeping a new user after they’ve visited or [...]
What to do when someone publicly quits your community.
We’ve been getting a lot of very positive feedback about the recent release of our Vanilla Comments feature. So far, the thing that people find most exciting about it is how it leverages all of the expense (time and money) already invested in gaining traction on their blog. For most sites, the blog is the [...]
I often get so buried in what I’m doing that I forget how important it is to explain why I’m doing it. Vanilla is a remarkable product that can do amazing things, and I could spend weeks upon weeks explaining all of the bells and whistles in detail, but it probably wouldn’t convince you that [...]
Community management & moderation is a complex and nebulous subject with very few rock-solid principles to match the shape and size of every community. The constant battle that many community software developers face (and lose) is where to draw the line on feature development for community moderation & administration. I believe that many of the [...]
Vanilla's next gen forum platform lets you build a community that will really engage your audience to drive participation and advocacy.
Todd Burry Chief Product Officer, Co-Founder
Tim GunterDirector of Infrastructure and Ops
Mark O'SullivanCo-Founder
Matt Lincoln Russell Developer
Luc Vezina CEO
