# User Groups
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103
**Category:** meta
**Created:** [April 2, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103 "2006-04-02T00:31:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 3
### Author:  [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/41 "2006-04-03T19:05:31Z")
I wouldn’t think you need seperate forums for each group. Maybe groups can make their own threads and chat.
I agree, lots of groups on every topic would suck. Maybe you have to have 5 or 10 members willing to join before the group can be created. Or it just has to be on a topic that other people will be interested in.
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### Author:  [@bwh2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bwh2)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/42 "2006-04-03T19:22:04Z")
so what’s the point of this? seems like the only thing driving it are people’s desires to become mod-like.
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/43 "2006-04-03T19:49:35Z")
:lol: yea, not that I have a particular say in the matter but seems like a bad idea to me.
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### Author:  [@ar1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ar1)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/44 "2006-04-03T19:54:08Z")
Well, this gives a definite place that people of the same interest can “hang out” and discuss their interests. But the bad side to this, is that the usergroups may at one point overwhelm the forum to the point that the normal forums would be overshadowed and ignored.
So Kirupa, you should really take a thought about this.
GBP
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### Author:  [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/45 "2006-04-03T20:18:55Z")
> [@bwh2](#):
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> so what’s the point of this? seems like the only thing driving it are people’s desires to become mod-like.
I agree - why not just start a thread in the appropriate forum? Having seperate forums for each group seems like a bad idea… I don’t know.
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### Author:  [@Seb\_Hughes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Seb_Hughes)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/46 "2006-04-03T20:26:57Z")
well it would be better to have a little forum inside a bg one, just having one thread sorta sucks.
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### Author:  [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/47 "2006-04-03T20:43:06Z")
> so what’s the point of this? seems like the only thing driving it are people’s desires to become mod-like.
Personally I could care less about being a group leader. I just think user groups would be a cool addition to the forums. I can see where you are getting that idea from though:look:
But what’s wrong with giving some of the power hungry teeny-boppers a taste of authority:lol: Lol just had to say that _runs for the hills_:bounce:
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/48 "2006-04-03T21:14:42Z")
I agree - after looking through the technicalities of this, this has bad idea written all over it. There are enough forums to cover any of the topics that you want. If there aren’t any forums to cover your particular topic, maybe that topic isn’t a popular one for the forums and/or there are other forums better suited for it outside of kVille 😉
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/49 "2006-04-03T21:40:49Z")
Perhaps the forums could be made private so that only the group members could see it? ☹
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### Author:  [@ar1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ar1)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/50 "2006-04-03T21:53:45Z")
I’d say keep the forums as is. People could really get distracted from the entire forum. It’s a really good idea, just like [WorldsLargestForum.com](http://WorldsLargestForum.com) tried to do, and nothing worked out at all.
GBP
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### Author:  [@bigmtnskier](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bigmtnskier)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/51 "2006-04-03T22:18:52Z")
> [@bwh2](#):
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> so what’s the point of this? seems like the only thing driving it are people’s desires to become mod-like.
Its not that. (-: It just that some groups of people (hence ‘usergroups’) have common interests. Topics such as electric engineering, or C++ or C# don’t exactly have, or should, their own forum. Rather, if say 15+ users want a ‘guild’ to discuss matters related to the topic… they could. (if I am understanding things correctly) 🙂
Edit: Alright… after reading the latest posts, I give up 😛
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2006, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/52 "2006-04-03T22:23:29Z")
Yeah, that’s exactly right. 🙂
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### Author:  [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/53 "2006-04-04T06:10:40Z")
we’re having enough trouble just planning. i say we shouldn’t. who knows what would happen after implementing this feature…
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### Author:  [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 10:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/54 "2006-04-04T10:29:53Z")
The forums ouwl have to be rearranged as well. And I can imagine a bunch of people trying to get cllubs going - just for teh sake of having mod powers…
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### Author:  [@ar1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/ar1)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/55 "2006-04-04T13:06:47Z")
How about this, a SELECT amount of groups, and a FEW people that could actually moderate them. If people just want to start a group, tough, 'cause they’ll have to go through kirupa to do so. I’d say give this a shot. But I still call dibs on the 3d group.
GBP
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### Author:  [@simplistik](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/simplistik)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/56 "2006-04-04T17:10:09Z")
> [@nokrev](#):
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> Perhaps the forums could be made private so that only the group members could see it? ☹
Exactly why it shouldn’t be done. If you really want to do it you should go HERE 😉
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### Author:  [@SlowRoasted](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/SlowRoasted)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/57 "2006-04-04T17:13:32Z")
Yeah I don’t like the idea of having private forums, that’s just too much work for mods/admins. It’s also unnecessary for groups that have like 10-12 ppl. Making your own thread would be enough IMO.
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### Author:  [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/58 "2006-04-04T17:15:53Z")
> [@es](#):
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> How about this, a SELECT amount of groups, and a FEW people that could actually moderate them. If people just want to start a group, tough, 'cause they’ll have to go through kirupa to do so. I’d say give this a shot. But I still call dibs on the 3d group.
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> GBP
How is that different from the current group of forums/mods that exist now for popular topics? :crazy:
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### Author:  [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/59 "2006-04-04T18:26:07Z")
The difference is _we_ don’t Moderate them. :look:
:sleep:
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### Author:  [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/user-groups/184103/60 "2006-04-04T21:50:07Z")
Yeah, y’all are right.
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