Communities
Join group spaces, post to a shared feed, and manage members with roles and moderation.
A Community is a group space with its own slug, avatar, cover, description, and member list. Members can post to the community feed. Unlike Pages, communities use membership (join or request to join) rather than followers.
Communities vs Pages
| Community | Page | |
|---|---|---|
| Relationship | Member (join / request) | Follower (follow) |
| Post identity | Posted in the community | Posted as the page |
| URL | /community/:slug | /page/:slug |
| Best for | Groups, clubs, shared interests | Brands, projects, public personas |
Find communities
- Web: open
/communitiesfor My communities and Discover. Public profiles live at/community/:slug. - Android: open Communities from the Menu tab. Recommended communities appear on Explore.
- Discover filters (web): browse public communities and filter by visibility.
Create a community
Open Communities and choose Create community. You'll set:
- Name
- Slug — 3 to 30 characters, letters, numbers, and underscores. Must be unique.
- Description (optional)
- Visibility — Public (anyone can find it) or Private (hidden from public lists; join requires approval)
On Android you can pick Public or Private when creating. On web you can also set Join policy after creation.
Join or request to join
| Visibility | Join policy | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Public | Open | Tap Join — you're in immediately |
| Public | Approval | Tap Request to join — owner or moderator approves |
| Private | Approval (default) | Tap Request to join — feed stays locked until approved |
If you're already a member, the button shows Joined. You can Leave from the community profile.
Post to a community
In the post composer:
- Open the Post to dropdown.
- Choose Yourself, one of your pages, or a community you're a member of.
- Submit. The post appears in that community's feed and shows the community context.
Private community feeds are visible only to members.
Roles and permissions
| Role | Can do |
|---|---|
| Owner | Edit settings (visibility, join policy), manage members, approve join requests, ban users, delete community |
| Moderator | Approve/reject join requests, remove members (not owner or other mods) |
| Member | View feed (if allowed), post, leave, mute post notifications |
Owners can promote members to moderator or demote them back to member.
Settings
- Web:
/community/[slug]/settings— tabs for Settings, Members, and Join requests (requests tab for owner/mod only). - Android: tap Settings on the community profile (owner/mod) or open
public.kim/community/{slug}/settingsvia deep link.
From settings you can change visibility, review members, approve requests, and (for any member) mute post notifications for that community.
Notifications
Community-related notification types include:
- New post — when someone posts in a community you're a member of (
community_new_post) - Join request — when someone requests to join a community you moderate (
community_join_request) - Join approved — when your request is accepted (
community_join_approved)
Mute post notifications
If a community is active but you don't want an alert for every new post:
- Web: use Mute posts on the community profile (members) or in settings.
- Android: toggle Mute post notifications on the Members tab in community settings.
Muting only affects new post notifications. Join and moderation alerts still arrive so you can act on them.