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1. This is what I write (when I use groups, currently not using): “No news yet, why not make some?”

2. I think the groups settings are accessible from BP front end. Groups > Admin. They’re all there, the settings I mean. Now it isn’t one click away. But it is on the front end.

I don’t mean to suggest that your ideas aren’t without merit. Certainly, “news” should be optional. And on the group admin, it would be nice to edit group settings without having to go deep into each group singly.

I’d think these features will come.

I cannot confirm whether users can edit groups they created or not. I don’t have groups installed right now.