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What are the main differences between a closed group and an open group?

Open Group

All FetLifers have the ability to join an open group without having to be approved by a group leader first and who's a member of an open group is visible to all FetLifers on:

  • The "Members" page of the group
  • A member's profile page

All FetLifers are able to see the discussions of an open group. Group activity, like posting a group discussion, commenting on a discussion, etc. is also visible to all FetLifers on the activity feed.

Closed Group

Members needs to be approved by a group leader in order to join a closed group and only members of a closed group have the ability to:

  • See who else is a member of the group
  • See the group's discussions and participate in them
  • See the group's activity on the activity feed

Similarities

Besides their differences, open and closed groups do have the following in common:

  • Open and closed groups can be found by all FetLifers. So both open and closed groups are listed on the newest groups page, on the most popular groups page, and can be found through FetLife search
  • All FetLifers are able to see who the group leaders of an open or closed group are
  • Group information like restrictions, group rules, and the "about" is also visible to all FetLifers for both open and closed groups