What is a group?
A group is a way for you to meet and get to know people on Paltalk that
share your interests. You can create a group or join someone else's group on
any subject you like, see other members, and communicate with them via the
group's message board or chat room.
Why should I join a group?
Joining a group is the best way to make other members know you want to be
affiliated with the group. In addition, only group members can post on the
group's message board or upload pictures or videos to the group page.
How is the chat room related to the group?
Think of a chat room and a group as part of the same thing. Every chat room
on Paltalk will have a group page, and every group page will have a chat
room associated with it. Since chat rooms on Paltalk are not always opened,
we felt that a group web page was a great way to let Paltalkers meet and get
to know one another.
How can I find a group I like?
You can search or browse any group you like from Paltalk messenger or from
the Paltalk website. Simply enter a subject you're interested in, and search
away.
How can I create a group?
First, you need to have a Paltalk account. Then, from the Paltalk website,
click on the 'Groups' tab. Click on the 'Create my Group' link near the top
of the page, and fill out the appropriate fields.
Once created, you can upload pictures or videos, invite friends to join or
post interesting topics on the group's message board.
How can I manage my groups?
Go to http://groups.paltalk.com, and
log in. Click on the 'My
Groups' link near the top of the page, and then click on 'Manage Group'.
If you're an owner, you can promote members to be administrators or
super-administrators, remove people from your group, and also control how
people access your chat room.
Owners and administrators alike can remove members from the group and decide
who can become members when they join if the owner decides to make a limited
access group (see below).
Who is the owner of a group? What can I do as an owner?
The owner is the Paltalk user that created the group. He or she happened to
like that particular topic and wanted to meet similar people. Anyone on
Paltalk can own his or her own group simply by creating one.
Who are the group's administrators?
The owner of any group can promote any member to an administrator or super
administrator. Administrators can do a number of things like boot a member
from the group's chat room or group, delete message board posts, or remove
pictures or videos from the group.
What is a super administrator?
Super administrators have all the privileges that administrators have, with
the additional abilities to permanently ban someone from the group or change
the message that appears at the top of the chat room. In addition to these
privileges, you can grant super-administrators greater powers in your group
page that you may not want to give regular administrators: you may want to
allow them to create new topics on your message board or even approve new
members.
Once someone becomes a member of your group, you can promote them to
super-administrator from your 'Manage Group' page.
What should I use the group's message board for?
In addition to carrying on interesting conversations with member of your
group when they're not in your chat room, you can use the message board to
tell other members about yourself (a good idea if you're new to the group),
or even schedule a time to chat with everyone.
What is the group's media library for?
Do you have an interesting picture or video to share with the group? Post it
in the media library! You can store up to 4 videos and 12 pictures for the
entire group.
What is a limited access group?
The owner of a group can decide at any time that he or she can approve new
members before they join their group. The owner may want to only let his
friends join or it may be a business that charges money for members to
access the group.
Does my group have email notifications?
If something happens in a group during the course of the day like a post to
the message board, the room opens, a new member joins, or something similar,
an email gets sent to all of the group's members summarizing the activity.
This way if activity happens in your group sporadically you'll know
something happened without having to check up every day.
This message is completely optional - anyone can remove himself or herself
from receiving this message if they choose.
What is a premium group?
While many groups on Paltalk are free, there are also quite a few Premium
Groups. Premium Groups have chat rooms that hold more people and rooms that
are always open. Owners have greater control over who can access the room
and many additional features.
Click here to learn more about Premium Groups now.
How do I send Chat Groups-related feedback to Paltalk?
That's easy -- send an email to
groups-feedback@corp.paltalk.com We take every comment into
consideration for improving the service.