People together
Managing a node’s group
Set admission rules, answer join requests and choose the people who help run a node.
A node's group lets you decide who belongs to it and who helps you run it. Use it for a workshop, collection or shared space where some people can contribute and others can read or chat.
Open Node options… on a node you own, then choose Members. The management controls sit under Administrators and Group and join requests. Readers can see the people they are allowed to see, but the group-management controls belong to the owner.
Make or edit the group
If there is no group, the panel says This node has no group yet. Give it a name and choose how people join.
- Enter a Group name, up to 60 characters.
- Choose How people join.
- Select Make a group.
The choices are Only people I add, People ask, and I or an administrator approve, and Anyone can join. The last choice still works with the group's minimum tier and account restrictions; it does not remove those requirements.
Once the group exists, you can change its name, admission choice and Lowest tier that can post in the group. Choose Save group and look for Saved. The tier list runs from Newcomer through Member, Regular, Trusted, Veteran and Luminary.
The owner is always in. You do not need to add yourself as a member.
Answer requests
People asking to join shows the waiting person's name, their reason and any note. Use Approve or Decline on the request. The panel refreshes after an accepted action and shows its result.
A join request is a decision form, rather than a conversation thread. If you need to talk, use Chat. Requests that receive no answer expire after 14 days.
Under Members, use Remove to end someone's membership. Under Add a person, pick a friend or type a username, then choose Add to group. If no one has that username, the picker says so instead of adding an empty entry.
Choose administrators
An administrator helps run this node's group. They can approve or decline join requests, and post and chat within the group's rules. They cannot change your node's details, rules or group, appoint other administrators, or take ownership from you.
A group must exist first. If it does not, use Go to Groups and make it.
In Add an administrator, select a person and choose Make administrator. Administrators now lists the current administrators. To return one to ordinary membership, use the control labelled Make [name] an ordinary member. They remain a member until you remove them separately.
A node administrator is different from a Glob Social staff member. The appointment applies to your node's group.
Set the room's wider permissions
The node's Permissions… control also offers Who can join and post, Lowest tier that can post, and the room's Chat setting. The admission dial has five labelled positions: Gallery, only I add, Curated, I approve people, Club, members add, Open, anyone can add, and Wild, no approval.
Choose the setting you need, then Save. Treat Saved as confirmation. If you see Could not save the permissions. or a more specific refusal, check your connection and ownership before retrying.
These controls govern participation in this node. For ownership by several people, use Council. For harmful content or conduct, use reporting rather than relying only on membership changes.