The social network "VKontakte" is so widespread among users not only due to the ability to chat, listen to music or watch videos. Interests are what unites people, and various thematic groups on this social network provide people with a chance to find a person with the same hobbies as theirs.
Communities are different: open, closed and private. Each has its pros and cons, which are a little more detailed below. After describing the advantages and disadvantages, perhaps many will be interested in how to change what has already been created, i.e. how to make a group closed, if before it was open, or vice versa.
By the way, according to statistics, people often change the type of community. For example, the question of how to close a group in VK is of interest to users quite often. Well, let’s get started with community parsing.
Open group at VK
pros
- The opportunity for potential participants to pre-evaluate the content and understand whether it is suitable.
- You can join a group without the prior consent of the community administrators.
Minuses
- The influx of trolls and spammers, trying to cram advertisements everywhere, can not always be controlled due to the lack of "VKontakte" at the time of the attack by administrators and moderators of the community.
- Some people can bookmark the group, which will make the number of participants grow slightly worse.
Closed group in VK
pros
- Administrators can choose who deserves to be in their group and who is not.
- The influx of trolls and spammers is easier to contain.
- Some mystery associated with complete ignorance of what will be in the group.
- Joy after being accepted into the community. The feeling of joining a secret organization.
Minuses
- It’s impossible for potential participants to see the closed group “Vkontakte” before joining, which is why you have to first wait until the administrators are accepted into the community, and then evaluate content that may not be suitable at all.
- Some users need information right away. Because of this, it’s easier for them to join an open community with similar topics than to wait for the approval of closed administrators.
Private group in VK
There will be no pros and cons. It is rather a separate kind of community. Only friends can be invited to private groups. Left people "stick" here will not work. Moreover, when searching for a particular group, users do not display private communities.
So, from the foregoing, we can conclude that this type of group is ideal for those who do not like to advertise content, but just want to share it with friends. Some users start a private group to be in it in splendid isolation and repost interesting gizmos from various public places, without cluttering up the main page.
How to change group type in VK
At any time, a community can be made private, private or open. In connection with the latest updates of Pavel Durov, there was an opportunity to turn the community into a public, but this is another topic.
An example will show how to “Close” a group, but in the same way it can be opened or turned into a private one. The fact is that everything is decided on one page.
So, how to "Vkontakte" close the group.
- First, create a community (My groups -> Create a community -> Group (enter a name) -> Create a community).
- Immediately after this, the community management mode opens. If you already have a group, then you must also go into management to change the type of community.
- At the very bottom we see the item “Group Type”. When clicked, a choice appears between the three types of communities with their brief descriptions. Select the item "Closed".
- When clicked, a choice appears between the three types of communities with their brief descriptions. Select the item "Closed".
That's all, our closed group is created.
That's all. As you can see, this is extremely simple. Now you know how to "Close" to close a group, as well as open or turn it into a private one.