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Community Forum

The community forum in Zoho Desk is a peer discussion space in the Help Centre where customers ask questions and share solutions, reducing reliance on agen

A community forum in Zoho Desk is the public discussion section of the Help Centre where customers can post questions, share solutions, and engage with other users. It complements the knowledge base with peer-generated answers and real-world use cases.

Community Forum vs Knowledge Base

The knowledge base contains official, curated content created by the support or product team. The community forum contains user-generated content: questions, discussions, tips, and answers from customers. Both serve self-service needs but cater to different information types.

Moderating the Community Forum

Agents and designated community moderators can monitor forum activity, mark answers as accepted solutions, close outdated topics, and escalate posts to tickets when technical investigation is needed. Moderation keeps the forum accurate and useful.

Community Contributions as Knowledge

Popular forum threads with accepted solutions can be converted into official knowledge base articles by the support team. This turns peer expertise into curated content, enriching the knowledge base with real customer scenarios.

Example: A project management software company’s community forum has 3,000 active members who answer each other’s configuration questions. The team moderates the forum and promotes the top 50 accepted answers to official knowledge base articles each quarter.
What is a Community Forum in Zoho Desk?

A community forum is the peer discussion section of the Zoho Desk Help Centre. Customers post questions and share answers, complementing the knowledge base with user-generated content and real-world solutions.

How do moderators manage the community forum in Zoho Desk?

Moderators can mark answers as accepted solutions, close outdated topics, delete spam, and escalate unresolved technical posts to support tickets. This keeps the forum accurate, helpful, and free of misleading information.

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