# Organize community spaces and discussions

Written by Geeta Thakker
Updated 2026-10-04

Spaces organize conversations inside your community. Use a discussion space for questions and exchanges between members, and an announcement space for updates from the teaching team. Community posts are visible to members with access to that community.

## Create or change a space

Owners and instructors can open **Spaces**, then **Create a space**. Enter a name and description, choose **Who can start a post?**, and select **Create space**.

- **All members — discussion space** lets members start conversations.
- **Owners and instructors — announcements** limits new posts to the teaching team. Members can still reply while the conversation is open.

Open **Manage space** to change a space or archive it. Archiving removes its posts from the normal feed and stops new contributions there. Existing direct post links remain readable by members. **Restore space** makes it available again.

## Post a question or update

Open **Community feed**, select **Write a post**, and choose the space. Use a specific title and explain what happened, what you tried, and the help you need. Titles need at least three words; posts need at least ten. Replies need at least five words.

Select **Publish post** when it is ready. Contributions are screened before publishing. If a post is rejected, follow the message shown and revise the content. Avoid personal account details, payment information, and copied private conversations.

Only community owners and instructors can share links in community posts and replies. Ordinary member and moderator links are rejected here; the held-link approval queue belongs to classroom chat. Members can describe the resource or ask the teaching team to add it to the [resource library](/help/articles/community-resource-library).

## Announce updates and share conversations

Posts from an owner or instructor in an announcement space appear in members’ [notification bell](/help/articles/community-notifications). An owner or instructor can also include `@everyone` or `@here` in a community post to create a community ping. Both address community members here; the classroom distinction that limits `@here` to online people does not apply to this community feed. This is an in-app notification, not an automatic email.

Community post links now use readable addresses such as `/communities/<community-slug>/posts/<post-slug>`. Public Questions and discussions also use readable slugs, with older ID links still supported. Copy the current page link instead of constructing one from its title. Private post links still require community access.

## Keep conversations useful

Owners, instructors, and moderators can pin a post, close a conversation, or hide content. Pin instructions that members need to find repeatedly. Close a thread when you need to stop further replies. Hiding a post or reply removes it from ordinary member view; the moderation team can review and restore it.

Members can use **Report this conversation** and give a reason, including which reply needs attention. The community team reviews reports in **Moderation** and marks them reviewed after dealing with the issue. These permissions apply only within this community; see [community roles](/help/articles/community-invitations-and-roles) and [member moderation](/help/articles/moderate-community-members).

Use the search field while inside a community to find its discussions. Public Questions and workshop classrooms have separate conversations and access rules.