Discussion Groups

Groups are where conversations happen in your organization — read, post, comment, and subscribe.

Discussion groups in fellos work like forums organized around topics, committees, chapters, or any other category your admin has created. They are the primary way members communicate asynchronously — sharing ideas, asking questions, making announcements, and having threaded conversations.

Browsing Groups

Click Groups in the left sidebar to see all the groups you have access to. Groups are split into sections labeled COMMUNITY (open discussion), OFFICIAL (announcements, business), and any other categories your admin has configured. Each section header shows the number of groups in it.

Each group card shows:

• Group name and description.
• Unread count — "N new post(s)" when there's activity since you last looked.
• Pending count — "N pending" on groups where posts need moderator approval before going live.
• Total posts — The overall count.
• Latest topic — The most recent post title, with author and time.

The top of the Groups page also has a search icon (opens a post-wide search — see Searching Groups) and a new post icon (opens the composer).

Reading Posts in a Group

Click any group to see its post list. The group page has a column layout with POST / COMMENTS / ACTIVITY headers above each row. Posts are sorted by most recent activity. Each row shows:

• Title and author, with the author's member-type badge.
• Comment count — "0 comments", "1 comment", etc.
• Most recent activity — the latest commenter and how long ago.
• Status badges — NEW (unread since your last visit), PINNED (stuck to the top by a mod), LOCKED (read-only), and PENDING (submitted but awaiting mod approval).

Each group has a Subscribe button near the header — see Subscriptions below.

Creating a Post

If your member type can post, you'll see a + new-post icon on the groups list and on each group's page. Click it to open Start a Discussion.

1. Pick the Group from the dropdown. If you opened the composer from within a specific group, that group is already selected.
2. Enter a Title.
3. Write the Body using the rich-text editor. The toolbar supports bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, colored text, two heading levels, bullet and numbered lists, block quotes, inline code, dividers, and links.
4. Click Create Post to submit. If the group requires moderator approval, your post will show a PENDING badge until a mod approves it.
5. Click Cancel to back out without posting.

Things the composer does for you

Posts and comments both use the same rich-text editor. A few things happen automatically — you don't need to click a button for any of these.

@mentions

Type @ and start typing a person's name. A suggestion list appears under your cursor with members that match (by first name, last name, or nickname/display name — e.g. typing @Fl finds Flora). Use the arrow keys to pick one and press Enter (or click them). fellos inserts a styled mention chip that links to their profile, and the person you mentioned gets a notification through whatever channels they have enabled.

The placeholder in the comment composer even reminds you: "Write your post... (type @ to mention someone)".

Link unfurling

Paste a URL into your post or comment — you don't need to wrap it in a link button. Once you post (or preview), fellos renders a preview card under the text with the source domain, page title, and a thumbnail image. For example, pasting a Wikipedia URL shows a card with en.wikipedia.org, the article title, and the page's featured image, right inside the discussion.

Inline images

Drop images directly into your post or comment — just paste (Cmd/Ctrl+V) an image from your clipboard or drag an image file from your desktop into the editor. fellos uploads it and renders it inline where your cursor was. There's no separate image button in the toolbar; paste and drag-and-drop are the intended ways to add images. Works for both posts and comments.

Viewing & Commenting on a Post

Click any post title to open the topic page. You'll see the full post body, every comment in order, and an Add a Comment editor at the bottom.

To add a comment:

1. Scroll to the Add a Comment section at the bottom of the topic.
2. Type your comment using the rich-text editor — same toolbar as the post composer, same automatic features: @mentions, link unfurling, and pasted/dropped images all work in comments too.
3. Click Post Comment to submit.

On your own post or comment, you'll see Edit and Delete buttons to correct typos or remove something you wrote.

Moderator Actions

If you're a moderator of the group (for example, the officer or lead for that scope), the topic page shows a MOD badge and extra buttons near the title:

• Pin / Unpin — Stick a topic to the top of the list, or remove that pin.
• Lock — Close the topic to new comments while keeping it readable.
• Move — Move the topic to a different group.
• Delete — Remove the topic.

Signatures

Your group signature is a rich-text block that fellos appends to every post you make in discussion groups, separated from the body by a divider line. It typically contains your name, chapter, officer title, or a short motto.

To set up or change your signature, click Settings at the top of the screen, then Group Signature. Enter your text (up to 2,000 characters) and click Save Signature. Full details on the Settings page.

Subscriptions

Each group has a Subscribe button at the top of its page — click it to follow that group. Subscribing to a group flags you for notifications about its activity through the delivery channels you've enabled in Settings → Notifications (email and push, if available).