is there a safe way to make a public joinable group
I’m setting up a group that anyone can join or leave on their own, and I want it to be public-facing without turning into a moderation headache. I can see group settings, but I’m not sure which one actually controls self-service membership.
Is this the right way to do it, or am I missing a separate permission somewhere? I’m trying to keep it simple for users and not create extra admin work.
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Yes. In the group’s settings, make the group visible and set membership to allow users to join and leave. The key is the group visibility plus the join/leave behavior, not a separate category permission. If you also want the group to be pingable, confirm that the group can be mentioned publicly and that the category permissions do not block it. For an open group, test with a logged-out user and a regular account, because invite-only and visibility can look similar from the admin side but behave differently for normal members.
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