I'm going to make a bold claim and say that this topic has the most redactions in the history of IPS  https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/481831-you-forced-my-bill-from-80-a-year-to-200-a-year-wtf/ This topic has given me faith that forum drama is alive and well, and filled with fiery [REDACTED] 🤣 Also, ironically, the post has earned IPS several 5 star Trustpilot reviews so ... All's well that ends well? 

This is something that I struggle with.  I may have done an amazing thing with my community.  Maybe we hit a new milestone.  Maybe we hit a major achievement.  Maybe we've been quietly building one of the world's largest dictionaries contextualized for online communities: https://invisioneer.org/index.php?/cmxdictionary/ In my head, I have already acknowledged those milestones as another step in my community journey, so nothing more is needed. It's one of many achievements laying before me.

Own time upfront payment of $2000 for a domain for 100 years which ... doesn't seem that bad, especially when you think about how much renewal costs have increased on domain names.   https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wordpress-offers-new-100-year-domain-name-registrations/540195/ I'm waiting for IPS to offer the 100 year license, so we can have a forum to last as long as that domain.  😀

Hi, I miss the friendly number format app.  It seems that is too hard to redo for the entire suite. Would anyone be willing to create a custom widget that would pull this info? https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/481794-friendly-number-format/#findComment-2992016 Thanks

If you follow the news, one of the biggest and most consequential changes to the entire globe is the election of President Trump in America.  And even if you live in another country, his election will likely have ramifications.  Over the weekedn, the United States VP JD Vance criticized Europe for censoring social media, interfering in elections and violating the rights of Christians. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/14/vance-slams-europe-on-free-speech-migration-in-first-international

Valentine's Day is coming up this weekend, which is a perfect excuse to host a "Love Your Members" theme, contest, or event.   There are plenty of fun celebrations throughout the year, anchored by big seasonal ones such as Valentine's and Christmas.  These are "easy" themes.  The dates and context behind these holidays are well-known, well-understood, and easily adoptable.  But it's also heavily overused and generic.  Every forum tries to do a Christmas thing. Every forum tries to do

https://invisioncommunity.com/forums/topic/481595-support-tickets-v4-to-v5/ Matt proposed a replacement of private forums for support tickets, where users can only see their own topics.   This seems to be a very easy and simple replacement, and it uses existing capabilities in the forum.  

Everybody talks about community management.  But I actually think that the #1 component of success behind your community management - and this is especially targeted at independent sites, hobbyists, and solopreneurs - is self management.   What I mean by this is that, before you can run your community and spend time on your community, you need to make sure you manage yourself.  Literally, how well do you manage your 'real world' life before you try to manage your 'digital life'?  Do yo

BuzzFeed announced that it's creating its own social media platform called BFisland to "spread joy." The new platform will focus on positive content, interactive storytelling, and self-expression using AI tools. Although details are unclear, the platform will be designed to improve online connections. https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/buzzfeed-is-taking-on-instagram-tiktok-x-with-a-new-social-platform-designed-to-spread-joy/

Did the site get restored or lose some content? I seem to be missing some content as if the site reset to a couple days ago? Links to messages are resulting in a 404 for example…

How will American teenagers waste time now?? 🤣 On a serious note, there's likely to be a migration of TikTok audience - and an opportunity for community owners to refocus - to other established platforms like Google Shorts, Instagram Reels, or Twitch.   And if you're sooking to stay with a Chinese owned app, the apparent replacements are RedNote or Lemon8.  

"Pixar uses a different tone and voice for each social network, which is a strategy that you don't see very often." https://futuresocial.beehiiv.com/p/pixar-social-media-strategy My thoughts: Nobody expects a community of one admin to be able to custom craft a different social media strategy per channel.  However, Pixar did a per channel breakdown, which I thought was key and could help community managers pinpoint the channel they want.  For example, if you're not targeting social tren