The Arduino forum is one of the largest Discourse forums in the world, with 1+ million users and 5+ million posts
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and soware. Thanks to its simple and accessible user experience, Arduino has been used in thousands of different projects and applications. What makes Arduino special and unique? Its worldwide community of makers, students, hobbyists, artists, programmers, and professionals. Their contributions have added up to an incredible amount of accessible knowledge that can be of great help to novices and experts alike.
The main discussion hub for Arduino users is the forum: born with the first Arduino board in 2003, the Arduino forum is still the heart of the open-source approach of the platform and of its will to make technology more human-centric.
Today Arduino migrated the forum to a new, modern, platform which provides a dramatically improved user experience: it’s fast, clean, practical, mobile-friendly. The new interface helps focus on contents, share knowledge and generate quality interactions between people. No more pages to browse manually: long conversations are loaded dynamically while scrolling. Dynamic notifications are shown for mentions or replies to own posts. Links are expanded with previews. Long conversations can be automatically summarized. Trust levels and other tools help fight spamming and encourage good behaviors.
The new forum is built on Discourse, which is the leading forum platform out there, 100% open source.
The Arduino forum is one of the largest Discourse forums in the world, with 1+ million users and 5+ million posts. Arduino partnered with the Discourse team to perform this long and complex migration.
About Arduino
Arduino is an open-source hardware, software, and content platform with a worldwide community of around 30 million active users. It has powered thousands of projects, from everyday objects to satellites and complex scientific instruments. This success has been made possible by combining a wide variety of electronic boards, easy-to-use tools, a collaborative community, and practical project examples to suit all levels.
About Discourse
Discourse is the 100% open source discussion platform built for civilized discussion, it’s a from-scratch reboot, an attempt to reimagine what a modern Internet discussion forum should be today. The trust system means that the community builds a natural immune system to defend itself from trolls, bad actors, and spammers — and the most engaged forum members can assist in the governance of their community.
