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They also get a nice dollop of publicity for doing so. 

Overall the site is very pleasant and clean-looking, no clutter. And beautiful dog pics positively stand out :)

Mutt of the Month is brilliant.

It's hard enough to find any sort of love in this world without worrying about plumbing, preference, or perception...congratulations on a happy partnership and best wishes for TrevorSpace in the future. 👍

Beautiful cause and project... 🙂
Peace and ...

Beautiful cause and project... 🙂
Peace and ...

Beautiful cause and project... 🙂
Peace and ...

Beautiful cause and project... 🙂
Peace and ...

Beautiful cause and project... 🙂
Peace and ...

WoW, very good read!!

I AM GROOT.

The "ancient forums" are still used to "exchange data" between users. You need Advanced forum readers software and... a community to know where to find what you're looking for... They're still usefull, but for a restrictet "knowing howoto" set of users...
 
The fact you can easely create a group in social networks or smartphone apps is more "user friendly" and give to users without technical knowledge the possibility to create their own "communities" in an easy, fast and - relatively - effective way.
As administrator that's the power of theese tools : they're easy to set and to use (as administrator). No need for hosting, no need to pay for it, no need to know PHP and what "user rights" mean... So, for most of the people, to choose between learn howto and just make it happen, the choice is not hard to do.
 
As user, all users say it : "I use social network groups when I need a fast answer, but I use the community when I want a long-term track of my question/content/...". In other terms : social network are strong in reactivity but forums are stronger in knownledge/content.
I've seen communities closed because they had no participation at all but everything goes on social network (for some of them even in the group they've created themselves "to be in social networks"). So it depends on what is the community purpose and how it is used. When you've only people "showing theirselves", everybody will go to social networks : it is made for. If the community has some kind of knowledge/content to share, people from social networks will go gather information from it to answer in their groups and may go back to the community when "nobody says"...
 
So, from my modest single oppinion, it does not depend on the word you use to say it, but on the content the community spread. There is a balance to find between social networks and communities/forums where everyone can get what they (and we) want for the good of each.
Personnally I still use "the f word", but also community or even "website", depending on the audience...
 

By the way, I'd love to hear real examples from you guys in how you provide unique forms of value to your members! 

Nice … Loved it...

Congratulations on the launch! It's exciting to see another community start up, especially for such a fun topic as dogs.  I appreciate the personal reflection and insights you share based on your background as a primary school teacher.  Those skills can translate very well into a community manager.  
You offer some solid advice on encouraging all feedback, bulk mails, keeping track of your activities, asking for help, and being passionate.  We look forward to more doggy updates! 

I am really in love with Invision. All things were so simple back in 2004 as I have started with my community. I could do everything from SEO to design myself. Today it is just impossible to keep up with all the changes out there. It became so complicated. Therefore I am so happy that I have you, boys  You make my life easier and my community were meanwhile dead without this platform. 

Next week.

I didn't know Star Wars had witches in it! 😎
You're right though, it's funny how often I can't find my way to community forums.

My pick 'Post before registering'... 🙂

My pick 'Post before registering'... 🙂

Right now I allow guests to post.  If I want this new feature to be the default option for guests, do I have to turn guest posing off?

Language bits for translations. Just a little more helpful, please !!! Sharing bits in the admincP and frontpage is confusing.
It would be cool if you could specify and filter according to position: Frontend, admincP or both. So I can decide which ones I want to translate first, since admincp is not visible and not a priority. It would be very helpful too, when new features are included and you have no freaking idea how to the bits that will appear in front page. 3 months later, you see a bit untranslated and it's exhausting to haunt them.
Or even better, you could also specify if you want to translate bits of language in the adminCP or not. Many of us keep the admincp in English, because it's easier for use to find information and write about issues in tickets or forums. 

I can’t wait for this!! 🤘😀

Madagascar