Choosing the Right Platform for Online Communities

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about community building online — some of the different software techniques and things you can do to either get started with a web community or join one.

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7:16 - Chat options

• Slack
• Discord
• Level Up Tutorials Discord
• Faster communication

9:00 - Forum based

• Indexable
• Searchable
• Slower communication
• Discourse
• Spectrum
• Facebook groups
• Reddit
• Syntax Reddit

27:27 - Commenting systems

• YouTube comments
• Comments systems in general

• Github
• Slack
• Discord
• Discourse
• Spectrum
• Reddit
• r/reactjs

• Scott’s Instagram
• LevelUpTutorials Instagram
• Wes’ Instagram
• Wes’ Twitter
• Wes’ Facebook
• Scott’s Twitter
• Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets