New Features For GROUPS Coming Soon And Now Live On txtMovieClub

Groups are about to get a whole lot better.



Later next week, we'll be rolling out a slew of improvements to the Groups feature, one of the most popular features on txtMovieClub. 
 

First, groups creators/admins will be able to add static pages to a group. Added pages will be featured prominently on the group's home page, which will make it easier to share knowledge or information with group members (or potential members).



Second, group creators/admins will soon be able to change the privacy settings of an existing group.



Lastly, we're enhancing or fixing a slew of issues and flows within the Groups feature, including:

• Adding "Alphabetical" as a way to sort groups on the list of groups on txtMovieClub

• New members of groups will no longer, by default, get notified when other people join their group

• Better warning message for members viewing invite-only groups

• Better warning message for members who've been suspended from a group

Keep reading for a full breakdown of what's coming for Pages in groups and privacy settings.

 
Pages inside Groups [Note: This feature is now live!] 
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Perhaps you want to add a screening schedule for a group that is dedicated to premieres in a specific city. Or, maybe you want to create a list of important guidelines for the group to follow. Instead of having to start a discussion in the group and share documents, group creators/admins will be able to create a static page and simply add the information there. This enhancement should make Groups more versatile and powerful.

 
Pages within a group will act just like a normal page, in most respects. The creator of a page can choose to enable or disable comments, and the page will be accessible via the group's home page. Please note: Group members won't see anything different until a page is actually added.

 
There's no limit to the number of pages that can be added, so group creators have ultimate flexibility in creating Groups Pages.

 
Redesigned, changeable group privacy settings

 
As long as the Groups feature has been around, privacy settings for each group have been locked immediately after the creation of that group.

Additionally, in terms of privacy, someone in the process of creating a new group has always seen a single "Privacy" setting. Additional options (like being able to make a group invite-only) would only appear after a group creator decided to turn on member moderation.

We've tackled both of these issues for this release.
Groups creators/admins will be able to change the privacy settings for a group at any point in time, for both new and existing groups. This adds a huge degree of flexibility to the Groups feature.
 

On top of allowing settings to be changed at any time, groups privacy settings will soon be a lot easier to use and understand. Instead of today's settings where there exists that single, expandable privacy choice, we've sliced each choice a group creator/admin makes — who can view, who can join and who can send invites, as well as member moderation — into separate options:

 



This change allows group creators/admins to create a group that anyone can see but only invited people can join, or an invite-only group where members still have to be approved.

These, along with some others, are configurations that aren't available today.

These changes should make the Groups feature much more useful and flexible. And stay tuned: There's more to come!