What can I do as a community member?

Find out what actions we can perform in a community when we are a community member.

If we are unsure of what the role is within a community, open the Members page and look for your name or the name of the group to which you belong. Your role displays under the name or the name of the group.

As a community member, we can perform the following general tasks:

• View community content.

• View community membership details.

• Mail members of the community.

• Invite members to join the community (if the community has public access).

• Export the community membership.

  If the display of email addresses is enabled for your deployment of Connections, anyone can export the membership of public and moderated communities. Any member of a restricted community can export the community membership. If the administrator configured email addresses to be hidden, the Export Members option is not available.

• Leave the community.

  We can leave a community if we are explicitly a member. We cannot leave the community if you became a member because a group that you belong to was added to the group.

Community members can also perform the following actions when using the resources that belong to the community.

Resource	Community members can
Activities	Start community activities Contribute to community activities of which we are a member
Blog	The actions that we can perform in the community blog depend on the access level. When you have viewer access, we can: Read blog posts When you have draft access, we can: Save draft blog entries Perform all the actions associated with the viewer role When you have author access, we can: Post blog entries Edit and delete other users' entries Perform all the actions associated with the viewer and draft roles
Bookmarks	Add bookmarks Edit and delete bookmarks added
Events	The actions that we can perform using the Events widget depend on the access level. When you have reader access we can: Access information about events When you have author access, we can: Add events Edit or delete events added
Feeds	Add feeds Edit and delete feeds added Subscribe to community feeds
Files	The actions that we can perform using the Files widget depend on the access level. When you have reader access, we can: Indicate that you like files Follow files Download files View files in the trash Flag a file as inappropriate When you have editor access, we can: Upload files Share files Upload new versions of files Update, edit, or delete files uploaded by you Perform all the actions associated with the reader role
Forums	Create forum topics Edit and delete forum topics added Reply to forum topics Edit and delete our own replies to forum topics Move the forum topics to another forum Flag forum content as inappropriate
Ideation Blog	The actions that we can perform in the community Ideation Blog depend on the access level. When you have viewer access, we can: View ideas When you have draft access, we can: Save draft ideas Perform the actions associated with the viewer role When you have author access, we can: Post ideas Edit and delete our own and other users' ideas Perform the actions associated with the viewer and draft roles
Library	Add files to folders to which you have access Edit files using personal drafts Edit folder names and descriptions Download, replace, copy, move, and use social features for files to which you have access Delete and use social features for folders to which you have access Use document types to describe files to which you have access
Linked Library	The actions that we can perform using a Linked Library depend on the access level to the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) server. If we have the appropriate access level to the server and are logged in with the ECM credentials, we can: Add files to folders to which you have access Edit files using personal drafts Edit folder names and descriptions Download, replace, copy, move, and use social features for files to which you have access Delete and use social features for folders to which you have access We can only use social features for files and folders if this functionality is available in the deployment.
Media Gallery	Upload files Share, download, comment on, and indicate that you like files Flag file content as inappropriate (if postmoderation is enabled) Replace, edit, delete files added
Related Communities	Recommend related communities to other members Edit and delete related communities added .
Status Updates	The actions that we can perform depend on your access level Enter status messages Upload files to status messages Comment on other member’s status message.
Wiki	The actions that we can perform in the community wiki depend on the access level. When you have reader access, we can: Read wiki content When you have editor access, we can: Create wiki pages Edit wiki pages Move pages Perform all the actions associated with the reader role

Parent topic:
Community membership roles

Related concepts:

Use libraries

Related reference:

What can I do as a community owner?