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# Groups

**Create Groups:** create Open, Closed, and Secret user groups. and participate in more defined group discussions. Communities, especially those revolving around a general topic, require groups as a handy tool. They allow users to focus on a particular thing. also comes with the possibility of creating announcement groups where only group owners can create new posts.

#### **Privacy:** Open, Closed, Secret, and Announcement groups can be created. <a href="#id-7zw6umlukhz4" id="id-7zw6umlukhz4"></a>

#### **Group Invitations:** Invite users to groups. <a href="#pmgmi31hlg6f" id="pmgmi31hlg6f"></a>

#### **Add users to group:** Community Admins can add users to groups. <a href="#id-5mkgxa2uiss" id="id-5mkgxa2uiss"></a>

#### **Group Notifications:** Groups come with their own set of notifications regarding posts and user actions like invitations. <a href="#cux8gd33r63" id="cux8gd33r63"></a>

#### **Group Categories:** Assign groups to specific categories. <a href="#uycu8y18xpzb" id="uycu8y18xpzb"></a>

#### **Optional Announcement Stream Posts:** You can announce the joining of a user to the group, by enabling an automatic post about it on Group Activity Stream. <a href="#id-5nebudr1erel" id="id-5nebudr1erel"></a>

#### **Pinned Posts:** Posts can be pinned within groups on top of the group activity stream. <a href="#mvsomtl1nqy2" id="mvsomtl1nqy2"></a>

#### **Admin notifications:** notifications to Admins when ... <a href="#id-8e6shy5l9nlu" id="id-8e6shy5l9nlu"></a>

#### **Group User Roles:** Group Owner, Manager, Moderator, and Member roles. <a href="#u9db8w9xpbk3" id="u9db8w9xpbk3"></a>

#### **Photos and Albums:** create Photos and Photo Albums in Groups. <a href="#of4ekfpy276b" id="of4ekfpy276b"></a>

#### **Audio & Video:** share videos in groups. <a href="#c64qezmeidwh" id="c64qezmeidwh"></a>


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