Troubleshooting getting started — where to start?

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.