A clean, modern forum experience for your member discussions.
Fun, intuitive and mobile-friendly, you can host and moderate engaging, forum-like discussions in your Circle community.
Discussions are the heartbeat of your community on Circle
Provide a discussion platform your members actually want to use
Create an experience that drives engagement and activity
Full control, with forum-style moderation features and more
A town square of your own
More than 8,000 businesses across the world trust Circle with their community.
Rich and flexible discussions
Host forum-style conversations in a community members will love to call their own.
Flexible, fun to use, and familiar
Posts support rich media attachments like videos, audio, files, podcasts, and hundreds of third-party embeds
Circle’s content co-pilot is your creative companion for writing, brainstorming, and kicking off conversations
Tools to maximize engagement
Make it easier for your members to engage in community forums.
Curate a personal home feed for your members to keep up with your community
Automated weekly email digests keep your members coming back
Enable your members to engage on the go with Circle’s native iOS and Android apps
Easy moderation and control
Discussion moderation tools help you create a safe, friendly forum environment.
Your members can report posts that break your community guidelines
Flag members and prevent posting for repeat offenders
Profanity filter for keywords you choose
The place for all your content and conversations
There’s so much value in your community: make it accessible with Circle
Fully searchable with unlimited history
Share announcements and blog posts
SEO-friendly pages
Common questions about discussions on Circle
Unlock thoughtful discussions and lively conversations on Circle.
A town square of your own
Rich conversations
Flexible Spaces
Home feed
Moderation
Can I have both real-time conversations and asynch conversations?
Absolutely. With Circle, you have total control. You can create “chat spaces”, which allow your members to have conversations in real-time. Or, if you prefer a more traditional forum experience, you can create a space for your members to post, reply and comment.
The best part? You can combine these different types of discussions. Part of your community can be chat-focused. Other areas can be tailored for asynchronous discussions with posts and comments.
What type of media and attachments can I share in discussions?
You can embed hundreds of third-party applications, media types, and attachments. Some examples include third-party video providers, giphy, podcast players, survey tools, presentations, audio players and all standard file attachments. There are thousands of third-party providers. You can view the full list here.
Can my team moderate discussions?
Yes, every Circle community comes with a suite of moderation features to help provide safe experiences for your members. For instance, posts can be reported and flagged by other members. You can review flagged posts and approve or reject them. You can automatically flag posts from users who break your community guidelines multiple times. You even have the ability to set up profanity filters, which allow you to hide posts with certain terms.
At any time, you can grant moderation privileges to other members of your team or community, like many forum platforms. Circle’s moderation is always getting more powerful, so that you can truly be in control of your member experience.
“Our members are so impressed. It’s intuitive. It’s clean. It’s distraction free. I’m so glad we made this decision”
Pat Flynn,
Smart Passive Income
Pat Flynn,
Smart Passive Income