How communities work
Communities are subject-based spaces. Joining one adds its posts to your home feed.
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A community is a space for one subject — technology, education, health, agriculture, and so on. Every post on GOLE Network belongs to exactly one community.
What joining does
Joining a community adds its posts to your Home feed and lets you post in it. That is the main effect. You can join as many as you like, and leave at any time.
Joining is also how the community knows you are there — you appear in the member directory and can be mentioned by other members.
Public and private
- Public communities can be read by anyone, including people without an account. Anyone signed in can join.
- Private communities are invite-only. Their posts are not visible from outside, and you join by receiving an invite from someone already inside.
Inside a community
Along the top of each community you will find its tabs: posts, members, events, resources, and — for staff — insights. Not every community uses every tab.
The sidebar holds the community's description, its rules, and its staff. Read the rules before your first post there. They are set by that community, and they are more specific than the platform-wide guidelines.
Verified communities
A verified community carries a badge. It means the platform has confirmed the organisation or group behind it is who it claims to be. It is not a quality rating.
More in Communities
- Joining and leaving a communityHow to join, what notifications you get, and what happens when you leave.
- Roles: member, moderator, adminWhat each role inside a community can do, and who can change someone's role.
- Starting a communityWhat you need to create one, and what to set up before inviting anyone.
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