Member Engagement
Varun Dubey··13 min read
Why Your Online Community Stopped Growing After 500 Members (And How to Fix It)
Varun Dubey··13 min readTag: buddypress activity moderation
Member Engagement
How to Build a Community Code of Conduct That Members Actually Follow in 2026
Most community codes of conduct fail not because they lack rules, but because they lack a system. This guide covers the four-layer CoC structure, a practical enforcement ladder with real ratios, analyses of five real CoCs (Django, Rust, Vercel, Supabase, Figma), common failure modes, and a copy-paste community code of conduct template you can adapt in an afternoon.
·16 min read
AI
Community Moderation in 2026: AI Tools, Human Teams, and What Actually Scales
A practical guide to community moderation in 2026: which AI tools actually work (Akismet, Hive, Claude/GPT for nuance), what human moderator teams cost and how to prevent burnout, and a tiered escalation framework from auto-hide to ban. Platform-specific notes for BuddyPress, Discord, Discourse, Circle, and custom stacks.
·18 min read
BuddyPress
BuddyPress moderation | Keep your community safe
·1 min read
