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Join a Community
Discuss your favorite topics and hobbies with other FC2 blog members!
Public communities are availabe to be viewed by anyone, but you need to be a logged in FC2 user to add topics and comments. The blog link, handle name, and information you have set up will be displayed on your comments and posts.
This is a great way to get to know your FC2 blog community.
Set up themes and topics within your community, and get comments and
discussions started. Anyone who joins a community can start new thread,
even if you are a first time user.
Find a community to join!
Look for communities you would like to join from the User Management page. You can search communities by category or key words.
Community outline
Before you join a community, check what kind of topics, manners, and rules are posted by looking at the [community outline].
- Member Approval
- When you decide to join a community, you may need approval from the author.
- Some communities may not require approval.
- Privacy Level
- The topics can either be viewed by everyone, or just to community members.
- If the topics are public, they can be viewed by everyone, including non-FC2 users.
- Topic Authorization
- When you create a new topic, it may need to be authorized by the author, or sub-authors to be approved.
- Comments do not need authorization as long as you are a community member.
- Manners and Rules
- These are the community manners and rules.
- Community Category
- Categories are divided just like the FC2 blogs.
- Author
- The community author or manager, will manage the community.
- Sub-Author
- Sub-Authors are members within a community that have been given the authority to approve members and topics, by the community author. The may also delete comments as well.
- Join/Withdraw Button
- If you want to join a community click the join button. You may need approval by the community author. After you are in a community, this button will become the withdraw button. You may leave the community by clicking this button.
- New Topics
- You can add comments, discuss your opinions, and ask questions about new topics within your community.
- Member List
- You can also view members of your community through the member list. You can view their blog link, blog name, profile pictures, and handle name as well.
Take Part in a Community!
Once you find a community you want to join, participate by adding topics and sharing your point of view on subjects. You can always leave a community and join another community as well.
On the community outline page, there is a [Join/Withdraw] button. You may need an approval to join some communities. You may join as many communities as you would like.
All the communities you belong will be displayed in a list. If you are an author (one that manages) of a community it will be marked with a ★.
*Withdraw
The same button for joining communities will become the withdraw button, once
you join a community.
*Start a Topic
There are some communities that require an authorization from the community author,
and other communities that do not require any authorization regarding topics. You
may leave comments and get comments on your own topics. This is a great way to
discuss topics and gather opinions with people of the same interest.
*Deleting Comments and Topics
As long as you are an author or sub-author, you may delete comments and topics
at your will. If you created a topic or comment, you may delete your own topic and
comment. Please be considerate of other community members when deleting topics.
Topics and Comments
Topics are used to discuss specific subjects. Members of the community may comment on those topics.
Open community [Details].
You can keep track of how many comments have been sent to a topic.
If a topic is public, anyone may view the contents of the topic, even if you are not a community member. Some communities do not require an authorization by the author or sub-author to create a topic.
