Essential Default Channels for Building a Successful Slack Community

April 28, 2025

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Q for Slack community builders or otherwise all of you 🙂 What are some default channels you create when setting up a community? Obviously there are some contextual ones and the ones members ask for. But curious how you channel stack looks like! Appreciate any and all suggestions!

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Zach H.
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I always say start small to create gravity. For product communities, I generally recommend:
announcements or from-<company> . Make sure only admins can post in this channel (usually it’s general renamed)
product-feedback. When active enough add a help channel
say-hi or intros. Probably the most important channel as it helps people recognize they are not alone in the space.
Everything else after that is simply taste and opinion. My 🪙🪙
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Max P.
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+1 to what Zach said
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Zach H.
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I always say start small to create gravity. For product communities, I generally recommend:
announcements or from-<company> . Make sure only admins can post in this channel (usually it’s general renamed)
product-feedback. When active enough add a help channel
say-hi or intros. Probably the most important channel as it helps people recognize they are not alone in the space.
Everything else after that is simply taste and opinion. My 🪙🪙
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Max P.
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+1 to what Zach said
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