As most of you know I recently launched a new Skool community and we just hit 42 members! 🎉 It’s early, small, and already showing signs of thoughtful, productive engagement. I originally invited people from outside Skool, and I’ve noticed that off-platform joins tend to be quieter once they’re inside. 🤔 For those of you who run communities and have experience with this, I’d love your perspective: - What’s worked for bringing people in from other platforms and keeping them engaged? - Any onboarding moves or early decisions you’d do again (or avoid)? Appreciate any lessons learned. I’m very much in build-and-learn mode. 🙏

Congratulations @Kerry Souter for reaching Level 3 back on January 13, 2026. Kerry is multi -talented; created International Confidence Coach, she did stand up comedy for 18 years 🎤 and hosted a Community Radio Show. She is an author as well and wrote a book about Happiness! She is currently at Level 6 in The Schoolyard! To say she's a force to be reckoned with is an under statement!!!!! Let's all congratulate her today! @Brandon Decremer @Jack Robinson @Jan Schmaranzer

Congratulations on reaching Level 3 in The Skoolard on January 15th!!!!!!! @Jessica Rose ✨Hey Y'all! I'm Jess, I am a mystical therapist/healer. I help people RISE into their highest selves, MANIFEST their magic, and HEAL their shadows✨ She also leads moon circles. She is now at Level 4 and is close to level 5. Let's give her a big congratulations! @Jack Robinson @Brandon Decremer @Jan Schmaranzer

Congratulations @Benjamin Ross for reaching Level 3 in The Skoolyard. You must be a gamer because I looked up Saiyan and found out that they are an aggressive, extraterrestrial warrior race in the Dragon Ball universe. Calling all Saiyans.📞 You would like to make soul connections and and are moving to Asia to make a dream life by moving to the beach 🏖️✈️ You enjoy viral conversations and helping individuals with their online business. Let's all send congrats to him! He is first an entrepreneur and second an artist-writes lyrics, plays an instrument , does rap and dances. @Jack Robinson @Brandon Decremer @Jan Schmaranzer

I just finished a chat with Andrew Kirby about our situation and what they saw on their side. My biggest misunderstanding was thinking Skoolers and “Skool the platform” were the same thing. They’re not. Skoolers is a community like ours. It’s run with its own standards, and they moderate it the way they want their community to feel. The border is pretty simple in practice.Inside a community is inside the border.Anything that spills into other communities is outside the border. That’s why the Purge became a real problem. In my group, people were using my face as their profile picture for jokes. When that spilled into Skoolers, it starts normalizing fake accounts and “who cares” profile identity. That snowballs fast, and it makes the whole platform feel less legit. Andrew also clarified what they mean by low-quality engagement. It’s loosely defined, but the patterns are clear: - lots of posts with no real conversation - post and ghost - self-promotional posts - anything that looks like gaming the system to level up faster He told me the phrase “help me level up” gets flagged by the system. He also said most people cooperate and do fine. It’s usually a tiny handful of problem makers. His words were basically: out of huge numbers of users, they can count the real troublemakers on one hand. One more thing people should understand: Skoolers moderation is a community choice. They’re not “moderating the platform.” They’re protecting their room. Also, they have 5 moderators. They’re part-time. If we waste their time with annoying stuff, we are effectively burning the bandwidth of a small team. So here’s what I’m asking from the Yard going forward: - Use a real profile photo. Treat your account like it represents you. - If you post, stick around and reply. Try to create conversation, not noise. - Do not post anything framed around farming points, leveling up, or “help me level up.” - Respect moderators and admins. They are protecting the experience for everyone.