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 - Instagram - 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.

This episode Sam Ovens & Andrew Kirby share: - New feature: Member risk score — identify spammy membership requests - Roadmap update: Traffic sources, moderation tools, notifications - Skool of the week: Underwater Squad - $3k /month helping people hold their breath - The post that made everyone cry (in a good way) - 10 true regulars — the key to building a real community Watch it on the YouTube @skool-news channel here

Helping 1 billion people find community “We want to help people turn their personal hobby into a full-time income." 🧭 Skool’s Mission (from the inside) Skool’s mission, and what that means for you as community owners, is getting members. Good communities should find members, and members should find communities that relate to their passion. 🧩 The Big Picture (how it actually works) The first step is to make a community around the thing you’re passionate about. Once you’ve done that, you want to get members. The first few members, you really do have to drive yourself. 🚦 Where the First Members Come From YouTube with a link in bio Instagram link in bio Facebook posts TikTok Email list Direct invites to friends Hey, do you want to join my community? 🆓 Free First, Always Most groups start out free. Your first step is really just to get free members. Make a cool place that people like and keep coming back to. 💸 Monetization Comes Later Eventually you can transition to monetizing. You can charge for access. That earns you monthly recurring income. If your community matches your monthly costs, that’s when you can transition to a full-time income from your personality. 📊 What Real Examples Show When you see people making a lot of money, they’ve still gone through these steps. They’re just further ahead on the journey. 🌱 Size Doesn’t Matter (Yet) There are massive communities and small communities, and both are amazing. Every massive community started as a small community. 🔁 The Universal Pattern Passion → Community Traffic from social platforms Free members Engagement Paid access No matter the size, everyone is basically doing this. 🔍 The Skool Network Effect You probably noticed a lot of examples get members from Skool itself. You get it started, and the more traffic you drive in, the more Skool starts to drive. That surprises a lot of people. Yay for Skool Discovery! Get seen Get members Monetize MRR Nate Herk AI Automation $238 MRR

The anticipation is building it's so exciting we have missed school news over the holidays we are looking forward to see what will be revealed will it be analytics version 2 will it be another fabulous haircut or some other shenanigans we shall see in a couple of hours be sure to join me here for the live broadcast notes and of course if you're not available the replay will be up not long after that

Today Sam Ovens & Andrew Kirby share: - The theme of 2026 is Discovery: Helping your community grow - How to succeed on skool - Successful community examples - The "skool tailwind" - how communities get members from skool - Q1 Skool Games has begun! Watch it on our YouTube@skool-news channel here