Groups
Create or join a group, post to it, and look after it as a convenor.
What a group is
A group is a place for some people rather than everyone: a working group, a project team, a guild or a social circle. Groups do not hold beans. Being in one does not change your trust or your vote.
Groups are in Commons, under Groups. Choose My Groups to see yours, or a kind of group to browse.
Joining
Open a group, then:
- Join Group if it is open to anyone;
- Request to Join if a convenor approves members. You see Request Pending Approval until they do;
- an Invite Only group is hidden from everyone who is not in it, and takes new members only by invitation. The screen for invitations is coming soon.
If a convenor removed you from a group, you cannot join it again by yourself.
To leave, open the group and tap Leave Group.
Posting to a group
Open the group and tap Post to and its name. Only the group's members see the post. It shows in the Market with a lock and the group's name. On the Market, the group buttons show only that group's posts.
Starting a group
- In Groups, tap the round + button (or + Create a Group if there are no groups yet).
- Give it a Group Name and a Purpose / Description.
- Choose a Category.
- Choose a Join Policy: Open, Request to Join or Invite Only.
- Tap Create Group. You become its convenor.
Convenors
A convenor looks after the group. Under Convenor Tools they can:
- change the join policy;
- Approve or Decline requests to join;
- change a member's role to convenor, member or observer;
- remove a member.
The last convenor cannot step down or leave while anyone else is still in the group.
Coming soon
These are being built. The screens for them are not in the app yet:
- Group chat, with @mentions.
- Inviting someone to an Invite Only group.
- Choosing a new convenor when the old one has gone quiet. The rules for it are in "Rules and how decisions work".
The old group chats in Talk were removed in version 1.2.38.
Related
- Posting an Offer or a NeedPut up something you can do or give, or something you are looking for.
- Rules and how decisions workVoting, turnout, secret ballots, who may vote, suspension, removing a member, keepers and convenors.
- Mentions (@name)Coming soon with group chat.
- People and friendsFind members of your community, add friends, and vouch for someone.
The same guide is in the BeanPool app, and works there without a connection: open Settings, then "Help & how it works" under BeanPool. Guide version 6.