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Create and manage chapter and event discussion posts

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On a chapter or event page, start a discussion, edit or delete your own post, comment or reply, turn notifications on or off, and report a post when you need a moderator to review it.

These steps are for chapter and event Discussions — the Discussions section on a chapter page or an event page. Who can take part, and how that product differs from Enterprise Forums, is in Participate in chapter and event discussions. What Discussions include is in Introduction to discussions.

Note: This is not the Enterprise Forums add-on. Enterprise Forums uses a discussions directory and categories, often at /forum/, with a different create control. That brief is Introduction to Enterprise Discussions. Member steps there start in Getting Started with Enterprise Forums.

Start a discussion

  1. Open the chapter page or event page where you want to post.
  2. Sign in with the account you use for that community.
  3. Scroll to the Discussions section.
  4. Select Start a discussion. If the control asks you to log in, join the chapter, or join the event, complete that step, then return to the page.
  5. Enter a Title and a Description.
  6. Select Post.

Tip: The create window is titled New Discussion. Some communities label the page control New discussion instead of Start a discussion. Creating a post still ends with Post.

Note: If there is no Discussions section, or you can read threads but cannot start one, Discussions may be off for that chapter, the section may be missing from the page, or posting may be limited to organizers.

Who can usually post

Discussion location Who can usually post If you cannot post
Chapter page Discussions You are a member of that chapter (when the community allows members to post). Sign in and join the chapter when membership is open, or ask an organizer if posting is limited.
Event page Discussions You are an attendee of that event. Members of the hosting chapter may also be able to post, depending on the community. Register for the event (or join the hosting chapter when that is how access works), then return to the event page.

Chapter team members keep discussion access for their chapter and related events based on their team role. Leaving a chapter can end chapter discussion access for that group; event tickets are separate.

Edit your discussion

  1. Find the discussion you created in the Discussions section, or open the discussion.
  2. Select Open discussion options (the three-dot menu).
  3. Select Edit.
  4. Update the title or description.
  5. Select Save.

Comment or reply

  1. Open the discussion you want to join.
  2. To add a top-level comment, select Comment, write your message, then select Comment again to post it.
  3. To respond to someone else's comment, select Reply, write your message, then select Reply.

Note: If the discussion is locked, the controls show Comment (topic is locked) or Reply (topic is locked), and you cannot add new messages until a moderator unlocks it.

Turn notifications on or off for one discussion

  1. Find the discussion in the Discussions section on the chapter or event page.
  2. Select Open discussion options (the three-dot menu) on that discussion.
  3. Select Turn on notifications to get updates about that discussion, or Turn off notifications to stop them.

Tip: How discussion emails and on-site alerts are delivered overall is still controlled on Profile → Updates when your community offers those settings. The overview is in Participate in chapter and event discussions.

Report a discussion or comment

  1. Open the discussion, or find it in the Discussions section.
  2. Select Open discussion options (the three-dot menu) on the discussion or on the comment.
  3. Select Report.
  4. In Submit a report, choose a reason.
  5. Select Report.

Moderators review reports. Pinning, locking, and other moderation tools are in Manage and moderate chapter and event discussions.

Delete your discussion

  1. Find the discussion you created.
  2. Select Open discussion options (the three-dot menu).
  3. Select Delete. Some communities show Remove instead.
  4. Confirm when prompted.

Important: Deleting a discussion removes that thread and its comments from the page. When your community uses archiving, Remove may hide the post so a moderator can restore it instead of deleting it permanently.

Tools on your posts and on other people's posts

Menu item What it does
Turn on notifications / Turn off notifications Choose whether you get updates about that one discussion. Delivery still follows your Profile → Updates preferences when the community offers them.
Edit Change the title or description of a discussion you created. Select Save when you finish.
Report Flag a discussion or comment for moderators. Choose a reason in Submit a report, then select Report.
Delete Remove a discussion you created. Some communities show Remove instead when archiving is on.

Note: On your own posts you usually see edit, delete or remove, report, and notification controls. On someone else's post you usually see report and the notification controls. Chapter team and moderator tools such as pin and lock are covered in Manage and moderate chapter and event discussions.

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