Help > Groups
1) Click on "Groups" in the header.
2) Click create a group just above the "browse by tag" section on the right.
To cancel your membership in a group, go to the group's homepage, click "edit membership" underneath the group's profile picture, then click "leave this group."
1) Navigate to the group's main page.
2) Click on "group settings" in the menu on the top right.
3) On the top right of the settings page, click "choose file".
4) Go ahead and choose a file from your computer's directory.
5) Click "upload photo".
If you're trying to add a book cover image, the easiest way to do so is:
1. Navigate to the discussion thread in which you would like the post to appear.
2. Scroll down until you see the text field that appears below all of the comments.
3. Click the beige "add book/author" link that appears on top of the text field.
4. A window will pop up. Make sure that you select the radio button for "cover" at the bottom of the window, then search for the book in question.
5. As soon as you find it, click "add". The cover image should automatically appear when you publish your comment.
If you're trying to add an image that isn't a book cover, you will have to use HTML. The image has to be sourced online, so you will need a URL to the picture you want to add. If the picture is on your computer, and not hosted online, I recommend creating a Photobucket account (where they will provide you with URLs to each photo you upload). As soon as you have this URL, insert it between the quotation marks here:
img src=""
then add a bracket to each end (< and >) and paste that into the text field.
1) Navigate to your group's main page.
2) Click "members" from the navigation menu on the top right.
3) Find the member you'd like to promote to moderator. You can search by name with the search bar on the right.
4) Click "make moderator" to the right side of his/her name (it's next to "delete").
Note: Only existing moderators and employees have the power to do this.
1) Navigate to your group's main page.
2) Click on "members", which is a part of the navigation menu on the top right.
3) Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "broadcast a message to all members".
Note: Only group moderators have the authorization to do this.
In order for a book to be displayed in the "Currently Reading" section of your group page, a moderator needs to specify the start date and end date of the group read. Here's how:
1) Navigate to your group's main page.
2) Scroll down to the "Bookshelf" section.
3) Click "edit" beneath the book you'd like to display under "Currently Reading".
4) Enter the "start reading at" and "finish reading at" dates and save.
Once you remove someone from a group, that person is automatically blocked from re-joining.
Here's how to take the user off your blocked list:
1. Go to your group page.
2. Click on "members" on the right side.
3. Click on "block/unblock users from joining" in grey at the bottom of the page.
4. Click "unblock user" for the appropriate person.
Just navigate to the discussion thread in question and click the "date" header to the top right. You can also click "newest" next to it, but that will take you to the oldest comment you haven't read, not reverse the order.
1) Navigate to the topic in question.
2) Scroll down to the bottom of the page.
3) You'll see "You are following this discussion" in gray, right below the last comment on the page. Click "edit" next to it.
4) Select "none" from the list.
You can also see a list of all discussions you're following on your subscription page.
If a moderator deletes a member, it blocks that member from joining the group again. However, if the moderator wants to block the member from their personal profile (non-group related), the moderator will have to do that manually by navigating to the user's profile, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking "block this member".
1. Go to your group.
2. Click "Polls".
3. Click on "comments and details" next to your poll.
4. Click "edit this poll" in the top right corner.
5. Click "delete this poll" at the bottom.
Note: only moderators can do this.
1) Navigate to your group's page.
2) Click on "Discussion Board".
3) Click on "edit folders" on the top right (see image -- click to enlarge).
4) Click on "add a folder" on the top right to start adding folders. As soon as you have your folders, you can start adding discussion threads to them.
5) Click on the discussion thread you'd like to add.
6) At the top of the page, click "edit" next to the thread's title.
7) Next to "folder", select a folder and save.
Our editorial staff handpicks the groups highlighted in the Featured Groups category. If you'd like to suggest that your group be considered for inclusion in the Featured Groups, you can nominate it in this official discussion thread.
Please note that private groups and groups that have been featured before are not eligible.
If you want to get emailed about every topic within a group (warning - for large groups this can be lots of emails!) follow these steps:
