You can now post about IRL meetups directly in Skoolers. This is no longer limited to Skool sponsored events. The only official Skool IRL event right now is The Skool Games. By the way, IRL means In Real Life! So like meeting up in person with others. If you want to organize a meetup in your area and bring other Skoolers together, you can share it in Skoolers now. We love seeing you host IRL events! There is one important boundary to keep your post up: It cannot be self promo. This means no links to your personal community and no affiliate links. Your meetup should be open to Skoolers as a whole. Not built around your community, your offer, or a way to bring people into your space. If your post points people back to your group, your brand, or anything you are promoting, it will get removed. A simple way to check before you post: If your community didn’t exist, would this meetup still make sense? If yes, you’re good. If no, rework it. Want to double check? Feel free to message one of us to review it prior, if you'd like. @Alayna Lee @Jesse Woltersom @Ellis Sargent @Tristram Samoa The goal is real connection between Skoolers. Also, once you host one, then please feel free to post the photos and also share tips from your own experience in the Skoolers community! Sharing your tips from your experience can help encourage others to have their own. 👇 If you’ve been thinking about hosting something, where would you do it?

I’ve been asked this directly and I’ve also seen a lot of people asking it publicly. Why are the Skoolers community rules vague? Some people are totally fine with it. Others really dislike it. Both reactions are okay. Some people prefer things extremely clear with exact limits. Some are used to platforms where everything is spelled out. Others have been part of large communities before and already understand why vague rules exist in the first place. Here’s the part that matters and why I now strongly recommend vague rules… even for smaller communities. Hard rules create loopholes. Vague rules create better communities. The moment you introduce hard limits, people naturally want to reach those limits. Instead of looking at the intention of a post, it turns into “does this technically fit in the guidelines?” It even takes away from something that makes a community really wonderful. If a community like Skoolers spelled out exactly what a good post is and what a bad post is, we might never see some of the creativity that comes from someone trying something out. From experimenting. From sharing something that wasn’t done before that ends up being genuinely good. Vague rules leave room for that. They also mean that as moderators and admins, we end up having a lot of conversations. We look at patterns. We make decisions based on context instead of black and white rules. Sometimes there is a new person who is just trying to fit in. A post might technically be questionable, but the right response is to welcome them and guide them. Other times someone is new and blatantly self promoting, which clearly is not allowed. In that case, we can redirect and still welcome them without letting the behavior continue. Those situations look similar on paper but they are very different in reality. Vague rules allow for that distinction. They also protect against bad actors. An example that Andrew Kirby shared explains this well. If people were told they would not be prosecuted for stealing things under $50, you would immediately see people stealing things up to $49. The clear rule creates the behavior.

One of the great things about Skool is that Sam Ovens listens when people ask questions or make feature requests inside the Skoolers community. Some questions that came up were: How do I get notified when someone posts in my community? How do I get a notification when a new member requests to join? These were common questions because most owners want to respond quickly and keep engagement moving. Until now there was no way to turn those alerts on. Skool listened and built the solution. You now have them in your notification controls. They are turned off by default. If you want alerts, you can turn them on manually. Here is how to update your notification settings: Click on your profile photo. - Desktop will show you the user menu drop down - Mobile you will have to click the 3 dots in the top right to get to the user menu drop down On the user menu drop down, click Settings. Then click on Notifications. - Desktop it will have tabs on the side and you see "Notifications" there - Mobile you will need to slide it to see "Notifications" Then expand the notification settings for the community you want to change. Click either On or Off for what you want to be notified on. You can turn on notifications for: • Admin announcements • Event reminder email • New customer email • Membership requests • Reported content • New Post This puts you in control of what you stay updated on. Faster approvals. Better responsiveness. A smoother community experience for everyone. Which notification are you turning on first now that the option is finally here?

Curious to see who’s been here the longest. 👀 How long have you been on Skool, and what’s one change or feature release that you thought was a great move? There’s been a lot of updates over time, so it’ll be fun to see which ones stood out most to each of you.

@William Renner just released a podcast we recorded last year, and I didn’t hold back. We got into everything Skool. What works, what doesn’t, and why so many communities fail. If you run a Skool community or support one, you may find some of what I shared helpful. We talked about the real challenges, the shifts people need to make, and why most Skool owners struggle. Check out William's post in Skool Community. (Also, show him some love for inviting me on his podcast. Thank you, William! 🙌) I have had an audio podcast about Skool before with a co-host, but have been thinking about starting a new one. 👇 Let me know if you want more of this kind of content.