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Discussion groups
This feature allows you to discuss anything - some book, video, popular topic or anything else. You can either:
However, you can do everything by locating the “My discussion groups” widget on your profile:
Creating a discussions group
Step 1: create a discussions group by clicking “Create group” link on the “My discussion groups” widget or click the “List all groups” link on “My discussion groups” widget → click “Create new discussion group” link on top
Step 2: fill out the discussion group creating form:
When creating a discussion group, you can specify the discussion group:
to be password-protected, so only users knowing the password will be able to join the group
to be invitations-only, so only invited users will be able to join the group
to be publicly invisible, so only invited users will see the group
Please note: if you have created the discussion group, you can later edit it and/or delete it by clicking these icons on the group list:
or clicking the “Settings” icon once you are viewing the discussion group you have created:
Joining a discussions group
Please note:
you can see the number of topics, replies and last activity date on the list
in the beginning all groups will appear in a green background - this means that the groups have messages that you have not seen. Later - when a group that you have visited appears in a green background, it means that new messages have been added since your last visit