Groups vs. Communities

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January 23, 2013
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What are the differences between Groups and Communities? Is the only difference that Groups can be created by users and Communities by PTC? Just curious.

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Best answer by DanMarotta

You pretty much nailed.

Groups are member-generated and controlled, niche topical (Is niche topical a real phrase? If not, it is now)

Communities are PTC-administered and are product and service focused.

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DanMarotta

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12-Amethyst

You pretty much nailed.

Groups are member-generated and controlled, niche topical (Is niche topical a real phrase? If not, it is now)

Communities are PTC-administered and are product and service focused.

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Werner_E

25-Diamond I

Where do I find those groups vs communities?

Is it meant that "Mathcad" is a community and "Electrical Engeneering" is a group which a user had generated? Anybody can create that kind of subgroup? Not that I intend to do so.

I find that forum really confusing and hard to navigate. Would like to have a tree view of the threads and the possibility to collapse threads resp. subthreads in a thread.

BTW, how can I customize my startscreen in this forum. I have it set to PTC Community->Mathcad and the tab overview. I would like to get rid of that "Featured Worksheet" and the "Hero of the month" which clutter the page, bug me and I am forced to scroll down every time I open that page to see "whats going on". Rearranging areas to bring "whats going on" to the top would do the job, too. I remember at the beginning, when PTC turned off the old collab (which I still mourn) there was a way to get rid of those widgets but I cannot find the way to do so now.

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HarveyHensley

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12-Amethyst

No, Electrical Engineering is a community, not a group. To see the groups, click on Browse > Groups.

To change your view, click on the "personalize" portion of the "Your View" tab. There you can select content and set your layout. I have two areas that follow content for tags and a main area that follows new content for multiple communities. Also my groups and communities have ready links on the site.

Good luck!