- Public groups are useful for sharing and discovering conversations of general subjects like Politics, or Technology, or Gossips. They are also a fabulous way to extend participation of a blog community
- The group page is public and anyone can participate in conversations and propose new links.
- Anyone who wants to can join the group instantly.
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- Invite-only public groups are useful for small groups who wish to focus on a particular theme, but want to maintain control over membership and submitted stories.
- Anyone can view the group page and participate in conversations, but only group members can propose new links.
- The only way to join the group is by invitation.
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- Private groups are useful for companies, projects or groups of friends.
- Only group members and those who have been invited will be able to view the group page.
- Private groups are completely hidden from group searches, and don't display on people's profiles amongst groups they belong to.
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