Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Bad Community
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Awesome open source book to manage communities in general
2016 · artofcommunityonline.org · its alternatives →
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Discourse▲287A platform for community discussion. Free, open and simple.
2015 · discourse.org · its alternatives →
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How do you build a community AND conference, from nothing?
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Buzz▲161Your people, your agents, your project — all in one place
Jul 2026 · buzz.xyz · its alternatives →
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Tower▲64Changing the way you interact w/ your community (pre-launch)
2014 · tower.io · its alternatives →
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Hey HN. We've been working on a community platform/Reddit alternative with a focus on building a place for people to create communities instead of just buckets of posts. We want communities to feel like a place where you want to hang out instead of just scroll. At a high level, our platform is like a Reddit/Discord/Patreon hybrid. We took all of the best features from each of those platforms and combined them under one umbrella. Here's a list of the core features of each community: 1. Customizable discussion boards: Community owners can set up threaded discussion boards for…
2023 · sociables.substack.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · microco.sm · its alternatives →
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2019 · holynetr.com · its alternatives →
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Secret strategies for successful online communities
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Matt Mullenweg on the ecosystem around WordPress
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, A buddy and I have been working on a side project in the online community space in our free time over the past few years. Our platform is a sort of Discord/Reddit/Patreon hybrid. Decided to do a soft launch today in light of all the recent Reddit news. Community features: 1. Customizable discussion boards. Community owners can setup threaded discussion boards for different topics related to their niche. Say a user creates a community for a niche like "Cars", under that community they could create different discussion boards for sub categories like "Car-mods", "Car-photos",…
2023 · sociables.com · its alternatives →
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Campfiree▲14I built Campfiree because I got tired of platforms treating users as products. On Campfiree, users submit feature ideas and vote on them weekly. Moderation is handled by randomly selected community juries, no corporate team deciding what's acceptable. It's free with ads or $7/year without (free during beta). We have 55 users so far and ship features every week based on what the community votes for. I'd love honest feedback on the model and the product.
2025 · campfiree.com · its alternatives →
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