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
    edited January 28, 2018
    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.
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