Your discussion board is often the first place a new member goes and the last place they leave. This release makes it a place they come back to: more expressive ways to respond, richer posts, a way to pull the right person into a thread, and a cleaner design throughout — all without adding anything to your workload.
Applicable to: Connection Community discussion boards and discussion boards in mentoring programs.
How it works
Five ways to respond, not just one
Members can now react with Like, Care, Insightful, Wow, and Celebrate. A milestone gets a celebration, a vulnerable post gets support, and a strong idea gets recognized as insightful — which gives quieter members a low-effort way to participate and gives you a clearer read on what's resonating.
What this means for you: every existing reaction carries over automatically. There's nothing to migrate and no history to rebuild.
Posts that can carry the whole story
Members are no longer limited to a single attachment. They can now add up to 10 photos or files to one post, with images up to 5 MB each, and everything displays inline. Event recaps, resource collections, and photo roundups no longer have to be split across multiple posts or pushed into an external link.
What this means for you: fewer "how do I share all of this?" questions, and community content that stays inside the platform instead of scattering across shared drives.
@mentions to bring the right person in
With @mentions, members can tag someone directly in a post, comment, or reply. The person mentioned is notified and pulled straight into the conversation — the easiest way to loop in the right voice, credit a contributor, or make sure the person who needs to see something actually does.
What this means for you: this is the feature most likely to change notification volume for your members, and it's worth a mention in your next community update.
A cleaner, more inviting board
The full discussion experience has been redesigned — an easier-to-scan list of conversations and post pages that put content front and center. The first time members arrive, a short intro walks them through what's new, so the changes don't go unnoticed and you don't have to explain them.
What this means for you: no change-management lift required. Members are oriented in the product on their first visit.
Release certification
Discussion Board 2.0 has completed Chronus's full testing and certification process ahead of release, including the redesigned board experience, the expanded reaction set, and multi-attachment handling. Existing reaction data carries forward with no admin action required.