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Creating groups?
I'm trying to find how to create a group on Friendica. According to the docs, it should be under the "Contacts" tab, but I'm not seeing it there.

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Lemmus
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You need to create an additional account and make that an account of (most likely) "Community Group". To create an additional account you need to go to "Settings" → "Manage accounts" → "Register an additional account". (Yes, extremely counter intuitive, I agree. I'm new here as well.)
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Ruud
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You can also go to the Network page (first icon top left) and then in the left pane you'll see Groups. Behind that you'll see a + sign, where you can add a group. But that will basically take you to the create account page 😀

I'll write up a how-to and post it to !New To Friendica

!New To Friendica
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Lemmus
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Do include screenshots, because I've been in a couple of threads here where some people refer to that plus sign, and other people, myself included, can't find it. 👍
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Lemmus
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Ah, I've figured out the problem with the missing plus. You need to be member of at least one group for it to appear. I joined "New To Friendica", and lo and behold, it appeared.
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Arto Koistinen
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So I need one account per group or just one account to create all the groups?
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Lemmus
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A group is really a special type of account in the implementation, so one managed account per group.
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Lemmus
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Perhaps you need to check the settings "Settings" → "Account" → "Security and privacy" → {"Publish your profile in local site directory?", "Allow your profile to be searchable globally?"}? (I haven't tested this at all myself, just a (probably misguided) attempt at being helpful. 😀
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