Nichola and Jennifer,
Feel free to use the Industry groups just as you used Job Skill Discussions before. I understand that many of you, who frequent the Community, were accustomed to the previous format and successfully used it. However, I’ve been watching those spaces ever since they were created and they have always been underutilized. We haven’t had a way to clearly define their purpose and highlight them to the right audiences and as a result unrelated content was frequently posted there. We are planning to change that with the group functionality that offers more features.
In general, check out Stan's post here for more information about groups. We will continue testing and launching a lot of new things. Something we’ve wanted to do as long as I can remember but never had enough resources to. Now we do, and I’m sincerely excited about it. I understand if you don’t share my excitement and feel skeptical. However, I’d like to ask you to allow us some time to build and some room to change (sometimes even a chance to try and fail.)
Correction:
It's on the landing page ("Group Activity") where most recent posting dates and times are missing. There's no way to know whether the six responses attched to a post date from six minutes or six months ago.
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the follow-up. I do see the discrepancy with the date of the initial post being displayed unlike in the Discussion boards, without the timestamp as well. I can confirm this is a default setting and I've flagged it already so we would consider taking any possible action to change these settings. We appreciate your report.
Hi Alexandra,
I understand the influx of notifications you're receiving and can help with fine-tuning your subscriptions. When you join a group you’re automatically subscribed to the group and will be notified for every new topic that is started.
To unsubscribe from a post/thread/forum/group:
- Select your account menu (click the photo/name in the upper-right corner) > go to My Subscriptions.
- Check the item you've subscribed to > select Options (three-dot icon) > “Delete Selected Subscriptions”.
- Alternatively, open the item you’ve subscribed to > select Options (three-dot icon) > “Unsubscribe”.
Once you unsubscribe from the two groups you're subscribed to, you'll only receive notifications for responses posted on threads you're subscribed to. There's no option to receive notifications only for responses to your own post.
Hi Gustavo,
Thanks for the heads-up. I've updated the link and you can now access the Community Group FAQs Bethany referenced. Thank you.
