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Member Risk Score and More - Skool News
Skool News: What’s Live, What’s Coming, What Matters for a Good Community
1️⃣ Member Risk Score is live
When someone requests to join your group, you’ll now see a risk indicator.
This is Skool’s first pass at flagging likely spam or bad actors before they get in.
If someone shows as high risk, Skool is basically saying:
“Probably not worth the headache.”
This is V1, not the final version.
2️⃣ Risk score is getting smarter
Skool is actively expanding this system.
More signals.
More pattern detection.
Better filtering over time.
They’re not sharing the details on purpose so bad actors can’t game it.
The goal is simple:
- Let good people in.
- Keep disruptive people out.
- Reduce the daily moderation tax on owners.
3️⃣ Notification overload is being addressed
Skool knows notifications get noisy, especially if you’re in multiple groups or very active.
Working on:
- Fewer low-value notifications
- Keeping the important ones visible
- Less overwhelm without losing signal
This is a quality-of-life fix, especially for power users.
4️⃣ Traffic source tracking is coming (big update)
A new Growth tab will show:
- About page visitors
- Signups
- Conversion rate
- New MRR (last 30 days)
You’ll also see where members came from, including:
- Skool Discovery
- Affiliates
- YouTube
- Facebook ads
- Other sources
You’ll be able to:
- See trends over time
- Spot what’s actually working off-platform
- View traffic sources per member, not just totals
This works automatically. No setup required.
5️⃣ More moderation tools are on the way
Skool is leaning hard into community quality control.
Planned direction:
- Auto-decline high-risk members
- Manual review for mid-risk
- Fewer bad actors slipping through
- Less time spent policing your own space
Trying to eliminate the current tradeoff:
- Review every request
or
- Deal with occasional damage after the fact
The aim is to have neither.
6️⃣ Possible phone verification for posting
This isn’t live yet, but it’s being explored.
Why:
- Email is easy to fake
- Phone numbers are harder to recycle
- Limits repeat spam attempts
If implemented, it would drastically reduce how much damage one bad actor can do.
7️⃣ Speed and performance upgrades
Skool growth is accelerating fast.
What Skool accumulated in its first four years now happens in two weeks.
That scale requires constant optimization.
Page load speed and performance improvements are actively underway.
8️⃣ Discovery improvements coming
Discovery is evolving beyond a single static list.
Ideas in progress:
- Trending
- New
- Live now
- More browse-friendly views
The larger theme isn’t just Discovery.
It’s helping group owners get members, period.
🔎 Discovery is one lever not the only one.
This update is about less friction for owners:
- Fewer bad joins
- Better data
- Cleaner growth signals
- Less noise
- More control
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(WiFi dropped during community spotlight -> Replay)
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Small communities can be powerful
You see meetups...
...the map with people around the world.
... the calls, the friendships, the energy.
And this isn’t some giant 50,000-member group.
It’s around 1,000 people, with roughly 70 who show up regularly.
That’s the part most people miss.
You don’t need massive numbers to build something meaningful. In fact, smaller communities are often the tightest. You almost never see a 10,000-person group where people know each other, meet up globally, and actually care.
This one clearly matters to the people in it.
The weekly coffee hour matters more than content
One of the most important details here is the weekly coffee hour call.
No agenda.
No slides.
No teaching.
No prep.
Just: show up, hang out, talk.
Skool literally recommends this in Skool 101 and even provides a template for it. “Come hang out and enjoy a cup of coffee with fellow members.”
That’s it.
And look what came from it:
- Real friendships
- Meetups around the world
- A sense of belonging that doesn’t need hype
Not from lectures or content drops.
... from presence.
The mindset that makes it work
When asked what the secret was, the answer was simple:
✨ Treat members as people, not income. 👀
You can feel that in how the community operates. Nothing about it feels transactional. And that’s why people stay.
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🤔 What actually makes a good community
The key concept here is 10 true regulars.
Most people think they need thousands of members to feel momentum. That’s false.
What makes a community feel alive is a small group of regulars who:
- Show up
- Comment
- Recognize each other
- Keep the rhythm going
If you have 10 true regulars, everyone else benefits from the energy they create.
This matches how the internet works everywhere:
- Around 90% of people are lurkers
- They watch, read, observe
- A small core does the visible interacting
That’s9 normal and healthy.
Even a 10,000-person group feels dead without regulars while a sub 100-person group feels alive with them.
Strong communities are built around:
- A shared goal, or
- A shared passion, or
- A shared experience people care about
When everyone is oriented toward the same thing, regulars naturally emerge.
Not because of pushed engagement...
Because the space is worth returning to.
🤓 This example is proof that:
- Tight and engaged beats big and diffuse
- Presence beats content volume
- Regulars beat raw numbers
If you’re building on Skool, this is the model to study.
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