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Why Reddit’s push toward a logged-in web is a natural result of its ad model, and why at Discourse we optimize for unblocking users, preserving human context, and letting communities control their own boundaries.
blog.discourse.org/2026/11/reddit…
blog.discourse.org/2026/11/reddit…
blog.discourse.org Reddit vs. Discourse: A Tale of Two Incentive Models Why Reddit’s push toward a logged-in web is a natural result of its ad model, and why at Discourse we optimize for unblocking users, preserving human context, and letting communities control their... How do you separate loud user requests from actual product demand?
Dave McClure from Discourse uses the "Rule of Three" heuristic:
1 mention = An anomaly. Note it.
2 mentions = A coincidence. Watch it.
3 mentions = A pattern. Investigate it.
Stop overreacting to the loudest voice in the room and start looking for clusters of signal.
youtu.be/uDNpbiNljwA
Dave McClure from Discourse uses the "Rule of Three" heuristic:
1 mention = An anomaly. Note it.
2 mentions = A coincidence. Watch it.
3 mentions = A pattern. Investigate it.
Stop overreacting to the loudest voice in the room and start looking for clusters of signal.
youtu.be/uDNpbiNljwA
www.youtube.com From Forums to Real-Time Chat: How Discourse Reimagined Community... How do you evolve a classic forum platform for a world dominated by... Discourse is now testing a new search on Meta. AI search and keyword search share one box; Discourse can now guess which one you want, and when.
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Discourse now serves every topic and topic list as Markdown, so people and AI agents can read your community's answers without the HTML clutter!
blog.discourse.org/2026/10/markdo…
blog.discourse.org/2026/10/markdo…
blog.discourse.org Markdown Endpoints: Your Community, in a Format That AI Agents Can Read Discourse now serves every topic and topic list as Markdown, so people and AI agents can read your community's answers without the HTML clutter.