As many of you know, we've been merging and reinstating many groups.
While the most popular groups should be covered, some of you may have old favorite groups that haven't been reinstated yet.
[b][c=BF0000]I'd like to ask you what old Groups you'd like to see reinstated.[/c][/b]
And [b]also, if there are new topics[/b] that aren't yet covered by any existing Group, feel free to suggest too :)
[big]Topic > Category > Group 🎙️[/big]
We have recently restructured the way Groups work on Similar Worlds, to help reducing fragmentation (often times, there were +1000 groups on the same narrow topic) and help users finding more posts based on their interests (by us improving the Feeds, or users going directly to the category of their interest). We can, finally, soon start promoting and growing SW more. We did not want to promote a site that was so very disorganized and fragmented.
📺 [b]Category[/b] - Slightly broad topics and interests, within a specific topic Example: Entertainment & Music > [b]Music[/b] https://similarworlds.com/music
🎞️ [b]Group[/b] - Very specific single subject Example: Entertainment & Music > Music > [b]The Beatles[/b] https://similarworlds.com/music/beatles
[big]How can you find Groups 🔎[/big]
You can find all [u]Topics[/u] and [u]Categories[/u] by pressing the [Topics] menu in the SW header, or by accessing this page: https://similarworlds.com/topics
To find [u]Groups[/u], you can either use the Search or by accessing the [b]Associated Groups[/b] of a specific Category.
Example: Associated Groups under [u]Music[/u] https://similarworlds.com/music/groups
[big]Mute Groups 🔇[/big]
One of the most requested features by our Members is to be able to mute groups.
It wouldn't make sense for us to implement this feature, when there could be 1000's of groups of the same subject that users could post on. You may be muting several groups, but there could be many more that you may have missed.
However, with the Groups consolidated, it's much easier to block a specific subject that you aren't interested on. It is important that users post on the correct Category/Group, for this to work, and as respect to other users.
To Mute a Category, press this button in the Category page:
To Mute a Group, press the same button (worded "Mute/Report Group") in the Group page, and follow the same process.
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Thank you for your support and we hope you continue to stay with us.
We are constantly listening to your suggestions, so please keep giving them to us, as they are very important to the future of Similar Worlds.
Very kind regards, 🧡 - The SW Team
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@Miram I clicked that and did indeed land on a page headed [i]Dislike Islam[/i]. But after I clicked [i]Islam[/i] in the [i]Religion and Spirituality > Islam[/i] breadcrumb I could no longer see any way to get to [i]Dislike Islam[/i]. So it's not exactly discoverable.
And why does [i]Islam LGBT[/i] appear under [i]Religion and Spirituality[/i] instead of [i]Struggles and Identity > LGBTQ+[/i]? How is that decision made?
It's discoverable because it's attached to ex-Muslims profiles, stories they wrote before the new categorization was introduced. I had someone ask me why I dislike Islam because that's what he found in my story. That's how I found out I belonged to that category without me signing for it.
[quote]And why does Islam LGBT appear under Religion and Spirituality instead of Struggles and Identity > LGBTQ+? How is that decision made?[/quote]
@Miram Exactly. This exposes the fact that groups are not hierarchical, instead they overlap. Any attempt to put them in a hierarchical structure is doomed to require the admins to make value judgements about which attribute of a group is to be used to justify its position in the hierarchy.
