Discussions make it easy for your members to stay engaged outside of scheduled events. Whether newbies are looking to introduce themselves, longtime members are sharing news, or organizers are seeking feedback, discussions benefit everyone.
Of course, with great discussions come great responsibility, at least for organizers. As an organizer, it’s up to you and your leadership team to make sure your group's discussions align with the interests and guidelines you’ve set. For most, this includes deleting spam, bringing the peace to heated conversations, and removing members who can’t keep it civil.
Delete a Discussion or Comment
Only the primary organizer and co-organizers can delete discussions and comments from their group. Any member can also delete any of their own discussions or comments.
Desktop and Mobile Web:
- From your group homepage, scroll down to Discussions and click See all
- Find the discussion you’d like to delete and select the three dots next to it
- Choose Delete
- Select Confirm to delete the discussion
Android and iOS App:
- From your group homepage, scroll down to Discussions and click See all
- Find the discussion you’d like to delete and select the three dots next to it
- Choose Delete
Report a Discussion or Comment
While only organizers and co-organizers can delete content from their group's discussions, all group members can report comments and discussions. If you come across a post that seems to violate the group’s or Meetup’s guidelines, we encourage you to report it so our Community Integrity Team can review and take action if necessary.
- From your group homepage, scroll down to Discussions and click See all
- Find the discussion you’d like to report
- Select the three dots icon on that discussion and choose Report
- Choose a reason you are reporting this discussion and select Next
- Type in additional comments (if needed) and select Report
Choose Whether Members Can Start a Discussion Thread
Organizers and co-organizers can decide whether members can start a new discussion, or limit members to reply only. This is a tool to help organizers have more control over the quality of the discussion. You can change this setting at any time by clicking the toggle. Members can always reply to existing discussion threads.
- From your group homepage, scroll down to Discussions and click See all
- Use the toggle at the top to manage member permissions
- When the toggle shows a check, anyone (including members) can start a discussion.
- When the toggle shows a gray x, only organizers and group leadership team members can start discussions, limiting members to reply only.