CMP-019 · Catalog planning brief
Community Forum vs Social Network
Compare topic-centered durable discussions with identity, graph, feed, messaging, discovery, and creator-centered interaction.
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Community Forum planning guides
Focused planning guidance connected to the Community Forum product model.
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CMP-020 · Catalog planning brief
Forum vs Membership Site
Explain when discussion and knowledge capture are the product and when paid access, content, events, courses, entitlements, and renewals define the member experience.
FORUM-001 · Catalog planning brief
Customer Community Forum
Plan product spaces, customer identity, questions, discussions, accepted answers, expert roles, moderation, escalation, feedback routing, reputation, and knowledge conversion.
FORUM-002 · Catalog planning brief
Developer Community Forum
Scope code-friendly posts, tags, versions, accepted answers, expert verification, spam controls, moderation, documentation links, issue escalation, and searchable technical history.
FORUM-003 · Catalog planning brief
Q&A Platform
Define question topics, duplicates, answers and comments, voting, acceptance, reputation, privileges, editing, moderation, archive behavior, and answer quality.
FORUM-004 · Catalog planning brief
Membership Forum
Cover eligibility, plans, renewals, public and private areas, profiles, discussions, resources, events, moderation, entitlements, and member offboarding.
FORUM-005 · Catalog planning brief
Professional Community Forum
Plan role or industry-based spaces, expert identity, case discussions, resources, events, peer advice, moderation, recognition, and durable practice knowledge.
FORUM-006 · Catalog planning brief
Community of Practice Platform
Scope shared methods, problem discussions, case reviews, resources, working groups, mentoring, expert summaries, contribution recognition, governance, and learning links.
FORUM-007 · Catalog planning brief
Hobby and Interest Forum
Define categories, profiles, discussions, media, project logs, events, reputation, moderation, archives, discovery, and welcoming newcomer workflows.
FORUM-008 · Catalog planning brief
Fan Discussion Forum
Plan topic areas, episode or event threads, spoilers, media, profiles, reputation, moderation, rights complaints, live discussion, archives, and member safety.
FORUM-009 · Catalog planning brief
Peer-Support Forum
Scope safe identity choices, questions, lived-experience sharing, moderation, reporting, trusted resources, escalation boundaries, privacy, archives, and harmful-content controls.
FORUM-010 · Catalog planning brief
Course and Learning Discussion Forum
Connect course spaces, cohorts, questions, instructor roles, peer feedback, study groups, accepted answers, moderation, progress context, and archived learning knowledge.
FORUM-011 · Catalog planning brief
Association Community Forum
Plan member eligibility, sections, committees, professional topics, events, resources, directories, moderation, governance, recognition, and renewal-related access.
FORUM-012 · Catalog planning brief
Alumni Discussion Community
Cover verified alumni identity, class or program spaces, careers, mentoring, events, local groups, moderation, privacy, and long-term archive value.
FORUM-013 · Catalog planning brief
Internal Employee Forum
Scope verified staff access, departments or communities, questions, announcements, ideas, expertise discovery, moderation, confidentiality, archives, and employee offboarding.
FORUM-014 · Catalog planning brief
Open-Source Project Community
Plan project categories, versions, technical Q&A, proposals, contributor reputation, moderation, documentation links, governance, releases, and issue-system handoff.
FORUM-015 · Catalog planning brief
Product Feedback and Ideas Forum
Define ideas, categories, voting, duplicates, comments, status, staff responses, moderation, roadmap boundaries, notifications, and conversion into product work.
FORUM-016 · Catalog planning brief
Beta-Tester and Research Community
Scope participant eligibility, private spaces, test instructions, structured feedback, discussions, issue evidence, moderation, incentives, confidentiality, and research consent boundaries.
FORUM-017 · Catalog planning brief
Local Civic Discussion Forum
Plan geography or residency context, public issues, proposals, events, official roles, moderation, misinformation controls, archives, transparency, and accessibility.
FORUM-018 · Catalog planning brief
Multi-Brand Community Forum
Cover separate brand spaces, shared identity, permissions, navigation, cross-brand experts, moderation, knowledge reuse, analytics, and brand-specific governance.
FORUM-019 · Catalog planning brief
Tenant-Specific Forum SaaS
Plan isolated customer communities with tenant setup, branding, admins, permissions, categories, moderation, exports, plans, usage, and platform-level support.
FORUM-020 · Catalog planning brief
Forum-to-Knowledge-Base Workflow
Focus on identifying solved threads, expert review, rewriting, attribution, approval, publication, linking, updates, and preserving discussion context as governed help content.