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Hi! Our ideation space needs a refresh and I would love to see how you've set-up your ideation space. This is one of the most active areas of our Community and I'm keen to improve the user experience. Please share links to your ideation space or any best practice examples/tips you might have for me. I would do the same and…
With the rise of AI tools that can scrape, summarize, and repurpose public content, protecting the value and integrity of our community conversations has become more important than ever. In a recent post, I shared a few practical steps we can take to reduce the risk of our content being lifted without credit or context:…
Right now, the AI Search Assistant only works with community content. Federated Search results still appear on the search page in their own tab, as always, but they aren’t used to generate AI summaries or chatbot answers. We’d like to explore ways to integrate third-party content sources into the AI experience — so the…
Thanks for joining the AI Search Assistant BETA. This space is where you can: Share your feedback — what’s working well, what feels confusing, or what you’d like to see improved. Report issues or bugs you encounter (screenshots or examples are especially helpful!). Ask questions if you’re not sure how something should…
At Higher Logic, we just introduced the COMPASE Framework—a model to help community teams align strategy with impact across seven functions: Connection 🤝 Operations 🛠 Marketing 📣 Product Feedback 💬 Acquisition 📈 Strategy & Retention 📊 Education 📚 🔍 Which of these are you currently prioritizing—and why? Are you doubling…
This line stopped me in my tracks. If AI is getting better at summarizing everything, maybe our job is to create content it can’t flatten into bullet points. Think about it—what kind of content resists being distilled into a one-liner? ✨ Personal stories that add depth and relatability ✨ Emotionally resonant perspectives…
Hi Community Managers, We’re currently exploring the idea of connecting our forum with Reddit. If you’ve implemented this in your community, I’d love to hear which automation tools you’ve used (like for content sharing or monitoring conversations). Which tools have worked well for you?
This happened today, where the AI Summary source has an incorrect URL. The article exists, but the URL is incorrect. When I click on Add React Components to Banner, the URL in the summary is: https://success.vanillaforums.com/articles/add-react-components-to-banner In the sources the correct URL is:…
The AI Search Assistant is a set of features that currently works as an all-or-nothing experience. Right now, you can’t pick and choose which pieces to enable for your community. Here’s what it includes today: AI Summaries → search summaries shown at the top of results pages. AI Chatbot → this has two parts: A floating…
Hey Success Community! 👋 Welcome to Gilmore Girls season, aka fall, aka the best season of all. Let's take a look at what's been happening in the Success Community this month: 🧭 Community Strategy 🎯 Gamification Analytics - What are you tracking? 🥇 Reporting Community Activity by Company (Email Domain) 🏢📊 ⭐️ #TipTuesday…
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Hey Vanilla friends! I'm Australia bound and want to take advantage of being in a drastically different timezone to meet with some folks who I rarely get to talk to (besides all the critters I plan on spending time with)! ⭐️ Got something cool to share? Have a victory in your community and want to show off your…
⭐️ Got something cool to share? Have a victory in your community and want to show off your accomplishments with fellow community builders? 🙋 Got questions? Bring your community, tactical and random questions and get answers from peers and Vanilla experts! 🗓 Join @ShannonHudebine and @Adam Chase , and a group of your peers…
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When I joined Glean in January, the Glean community was entirely housed within Slack. We had just purchased a new community tool, Higher Logic Vanilla but had not begun the implementation process. Our goal? Launch our customer community, the Gleaniverse, at our first-ever user conference, Glean:GO, on May 20th. That meant…
Hey Vanilla Friends! Big news - Super Forum 2026 is coming and you're all invited! Vanilla was really missed at last year's conference, so we want to make sure as many people join us as possible in 2026. But First .. We Need You to Register for HUG To get the full Super Forum experience, you’ll need an account in the…
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