what is the closed group thing?

JoLeeFA
JoLeeFA Posts: 211 Member
edited September 2024 in Motivation and Support
I am seeing lots of "closed group" titles in the topic area of the message boards. What is that about? It is a thread that those posting would rather others not read?? how does one MAKE a closed group?

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  • ♥_Ellybean_♥
    ♥_Ellybean_♥ Posts: 1,646 Member
    Closed group is for Challenge Members that are part of a group. It's a way to have a forum so that your team can communicate, and closing it off to others that are not on the team.
  • Morglem
    Morglem Posts: 377 Member
    Closed group is for Challenge Members that are part of a group. It's a way to have a forum so that your team can communicate, and closing it off to others that are not on the team.

    How do you close it? Do you just type CLOSED GROUP on the topic?
  • JoseMedina21
    JoseMedina21 Posts: 186 Member
    anyone can still post on it, but it is mainly used for communication amongst teams.
  • ♥_Ellybean_♥
    ♥_Ellybean_♥ Posts: 1,646 Member
    Closed group is for Challenge Members that are part of a group. It's a way to have a forum so that your team can communicate, and closing it off to others that are not on the team.

    How do you close it? Do you just type CLOSED GROUP on the topic?

    Yup, "Closed Group" just is an indication that the group is meant for particular people, audience. MFP does not have the option of private forums.
  • rharris86dc
    rharris86dc Posts: 635 Member
    Exactly what itsbigjoesgal said. Most challenge threads have an "intake" period, and after that the thread will be renamed to "closed" so that people know it's too late to join in for that round.

    A lot of the challenges are continuous though, or you can always start your own! Definitely helps keep the motivation up, having a group of people to check in with periodically.
  • NeuroticVirgo
    NeuroticVirgo Posts: 3,671 Member
    Its mostly for teams, but I've also seen people put together support groups that are closed (I have one like that also). Even though its great to support everyone on MFP and get support, sometimes a topic can end up with 100+ people participating, and that makes it very hard to follow. So a lot of people branch off, make a new topic, and type CLOSED GROUP next to it, so that only a few people are participating.
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,946 Member
    Closed group is for Challenge Members that are part of a group. It's a way to have a forum so that your team can communicate, and closing it off to others that are not on the team.

    Yes. . .Right now there are a number of groups for the August challenge. .. so this is our way of communicating with the 20 members on our teams. .. .
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