Yes. Discussions are limited to group members & they are all free!


If you posted in a discussion in process look at the top of the discussion that you are posting in and see if it shows page 1,2 etc. If the discussion has been replied to a lot of times, it will go into a 2nd page and your post could be showing up there.

A signature is the small message you see under a member's post.


Click [settings] next to My Profile in your left personal menu, and then on the forum settings there you will see signature, type your tagline in there and click update.

You may start wherever you wish, but there is a introduction part of the forums on the group, where most will start, by introducing themselves and telling a little bit about themselves. You can also check out the ‘new to the group?' link in the group's main page.

Click on the groups forums menu item in the group menu (on the left). Click on the appropriate category and then click on the start a new discussion button.
While reading a discussion you can click on the start a new discussion button to start a new a new discussion in the same forum category.

When logged in you will find an edit button at the bottom of your post.

A lock icon means that no new posts are allowed.
Few possible reasons:

• It is used by the group leaders or site managers for special messages and information purposes.
• Group leader or site manager has decided to lock it (discussion got off topic or too "hot").

The thumbtack next to a post is for keeping that post near the top of the forum, it is used for showing that this is considered an important or informative topic.

In the post editor above the text area you have a drop down menu to change the color and size of the fonts. You can also click the help? next to it, to learn of more options.

Click [settings] next to My Profile in your left personal menu, then click Set Email Notifications.

1. Check the General section for Hugs, PMs and site updates. Click update on that section.
2. Second section is a per group basis. For each one of your groups choose one of four different notification options. If you choose to stop notifications but not deleting current subscriptions you will receive the ones you have already subscribed to.
3. Important: when replying to a discussion, choose if you want to subscribe to it or not. Subscribing to a post will override these settings!

 * PMs notifications are also controlled in the Settings page in the PMs section.


The RSS feed enables you to get all the latest discussions from a specific topic or group directly to your computer. In order to use it you'll need to work with a Feed Reader or News Aggregator software (there are many free to choose from). You can google "rss reader" to choose the one you want.