The Discovery Feed in Mighty Networks has a YouTube Video thumbnail feel to me. That is probably a good thing if the community you are attracting is a regular YouTube user. Thank you for sharing your thought process as you compared the platforms. It is helping to inform my decision. It's hard because each platform has unique features that can make a difference.

You are doing amazing things 🙌 congratulations 🎉

I'm going over the blog where you give the comparison of each.  I'm a little confused by this section (will copy/paste). When you say "no broadcasting" but then yes to "video room"...what is the difference? "❌ No broadcasting

✅ Live rooms (can have just a voice room or a video room) on all plans Heartbeat has a video conferencing tool. (Multiple people on a video call):

Bri, I so appreciate your perspective. MN may better suited to new communities. I appreciate your perspective on Circle and Heartbeat. Those two seem to be community-first platforms like MN is. Thank you for the note on how MN used to be insufferable. MN may fully facilitate full menu build out in the left sidebar. Allowing for a page (feature) within a space is essential for creating an explainer and intro for the space.

Please let me know if you have compared platforms for mobile/app. MN seems to do a good job for that. Oversimplification on desktop may contribute to the ease in mobile.

I need to watch your video at regular speed to see if you were accidentally clicking on manage and that is why you ended up in unexpected places.

which one you like most currently? circle or heartbeat?

I really like so much about heatwave. But not being able to broadcast is a hard no for me unfortunately. I'm kind of surprised that a platform this good doesn’t have this when it is pretty much standard in every community platform I've researched. Even the free Band App has broadcasting. It would be perfect when it get's that. Until then, I guess I'll start with Circle.

Yes, the discover feature is confusing. It can work well as the first tab in a space, but it lacks a way to better greet the user and help guide them through the UX.

As for onboarding, MN's Welcome Checklist is interesting but still seems lacking.

I'm fully onboard with MN for my communities and those I will launch and maintain for clients. Still, MN's community has failed to fully engage me.

be interested to get your thoughts on the Skool platform compared to Heartbeat.

hey how about doing lms courses on heartbeat app.. uploading pre recorded content and pdfs as a course and how good is the security of locking the content from copying.
does it has a LMS integrated like circle ?

Maybe it's different now as I'm seeing this a year later. But it seems like you recorded this without understand how Mighty Networks spaces work. The way they have it set it up (I agree it was beyond awful before and have trust issues with a vc-backed service that was that awful for that long) is superior to Circle because what you are referring to as horizontal menus allow you to create entire sub-communities / vertical networks / subgroups (whatever you want to call it) in one space instead of many spaces (Circle). For example, if you want subgroups by geography, each can have it's own events, posts, chat, etc where that would take up 3 sidebar spaces on Circle which quickly becomes untenable.

There are obvious and, in some cases, mind-boggling flaws to Mighty and Circle and each has positives the other doesn't, as well (to me, Heartbeat is a non-starter). But this "horizontal menu" in a space feature is one of Mighty's strengths for sure.