How are Group Discussions meant to work?

timpaul

Hi,
I have a group and want to discuss a paper with other members of that group. I cannot, for the life of me, see how to initiate a group discussion. Could someone tell me how to start a new discussion thread please?
Also, are discussions private within the group?
Thanks

adamsmith

Group discussions can be started (and seen) on the groups landing page, which has the URL https://www.zotero.org/groups/[groupID] where group ID is a number

That's the page you get to when you click on the group's name on https://www.zotero.org/groups

Group discussions need to be enabled ("enable comments") in the group settings by an administrator.

Group discussions for private groups are private. I believe all group discussions for public groups are public, even where the group is closed, but I'm not 100% sure.

timpaul

Thanks Adam, that is very helpful

krhazler

I am not seeing the discussion I created on the group's landing page. I can only see the discussion on the general "groups" page where all my groups show up. Help?

bwiernik

Click on Manage Profile for one of the groups and be sure Enable Comments is checked.

krhazler

It is enabled or I would not have been able to create a discussion in the first place.

krhazler

And now, three hours later, it is showing up on my landing page. I did not change any settings. Why the lag?

bwiernik

It showed up immediately when I enabled discussions for one of my groups just now, so I suspect it was likely just a temporary bug.