Groups are Here!

Ok, so how do we start a group?

Good point (the location is not as easy as it should be, and we are fixing that). click on this link

http://www.tbd.com/group/10/view

and then click on the "Create a Group" link in the upper right. Or email Betty community@tbd.com with any questions.

Not to be a wet blanket, but I have noticed that many groups get off to a fast start and then fizzle. is there any way that groups can be given more prominence so that people are more likely to see them and join?

I enjoy the ones I am in. I would enjoy them more if there were more frequent posts and enough members to prevent them from falling to the wayside.

Perhaps the group's monitor should be responsible for adding new questions when they don't thrive by themselves. Or have a list of topics that come right out of today's headlines!

Thanx in advance for your input.

Milt

The thing I find most frustrating about groups is that new discussions there don't show up on the home page, and alerts don't work for the discussions. So in order to find out if someone has written something new, you have to go to the individual group and open each discussion to see if someone has posted a new comment.

Great feedback, everyone.

Currently, you can start a group from any topic door (eg www.tbd.com/work). You can change topics in group creation, so you don't need to start it from the same topic in which your group belongs.

Starting later today, you will be able to start a group from the front door of TeeBeeDee.

Also, starting later today, you will be able to view a handful of featured groups from the front door, which should hopefully help out those groups which may be fizzling.

Milt I think you're right, that the admins of some of these less-active groups should be stepping up the activity. It's difficult to enforce this, however. I could nag folks (which I am, currently), but we all know that the motivation has to come from within to be sustainable, So -- that said -- if someone feels passionate about leading a group that's languishing, I would be happy to discuss this with you.

CarolT - yes, we are aware of this, and how incredibly frustrating this is. We will very soon be launching "interest pages" - which will not only include groups in the discussion rollup, but will have some pretty significant design changes as well.

Re: Interest pages, I will post a more in-depth note about that later this week, as there will be more fundamental changes there, which should hopefully make for a much more robust and useful experience here.

Thank you for all the feedback - please keep it coming!