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Groups are special actors that announce posts by other members. Groups make it possible to broadcast content to other actors without everyone in the group knowing about the other actors ahead of time. They fill the need for providing context, similar to how tags work, audiance, because it rebroadcasts content, and distribution, similar to traditional mailing lists or user groups.

Browse existing groups listed in the Group Directory.

To send a message to a group, make sure the group's inbox is a recipient of the activity. The easy way to do this is to include the group's network identifier (like @tavern-updates@tavern.town) in the message, but you can also use the advanced view of the compose note form to include the group in the to, cc, bto, or bcc of the create activity. Alternatively, you can also create Announce activities and publish them to the group to have the group do the same.

Important! Groups do not manage privacy or access controls for content. Please be mindful of who activities are being sent to when publishing federated content.

Create Group

Groups use the same namespace as users. You cannot create a group that has the same "name" as an existing user, and inversely, you cannot create a user with the same name as an existing group.

To follow a group, go to the Network page and follow the group's actor.

Groups You Own

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