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  1. Guides
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Adjusting Group Privacy and Access Settings

Admins can adjust a Group's privacy settings at any time by clicking on Privacy & Access in Group Settings.

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Hylo has two dimensions as it relates to privacy - Group Visibility and Group Accessibility.

Group Visibility

Who do you want to see your group?

  • Protected - Only members of the group or parent groups can see this group.

  • Hidden - Only members of this group or direct child groups can see the group.

  • Public - Anyone can find and see that this group exists and the Group's About page. If a group is tagged as public, it will show up on the public map. Note: While the user can see this group, their ability to join depends on the access settings. (see )

Group Accessibility

Who can join your groups?

  • Closed: This group is invitation only and is only visible to members of the Parent Group.

  • Restricted: People can request to join this group and must be approved. Note: They can see the group image and description.

  • Open: Anyone who can see this group can automatically join it.

Join Questions

You can add join questions to Open, Restricted, and Closed Groups. Join questions will be asked after a person joins the group by any method, including the invite link or invitation by email address. This means you can use any method you want to bring new people into your group and we will make sure that they answer your join questions!

Prerequisite Groups

Moderators can select a Prerequisite Group, which is a Parent Group that a user will be required to join prior to joining your Group. Before setting a Prerequisite Group, the Parent Group must first be linked. See Link Related Groups.

Group Access Questions

Groups can request to join your Group to form larger networks and moderators can approve or deny this request. Moderators can set Group Access Questions, which other Groups will be required to answer when they make this request to link Groups.

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