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Find out what template you’re using for that page and then go into your template editor: dashboard > appearance > editor and find the template.

Switch: the_content();
to: the_excerpt();

Ummm, well in that case you shouldn’t have to edit anything. Try this: In your Dashboard, go to: Settings > Reading and look for the option that says “For each article in a feed, show:” and gives you two options: “Full text” and “Summary”. Make sure it’s switched to “Summary”, if not then change it and check your page.

@sn0zb0z

1. create a child theme of the BP Default theme https://codex.buddypress.org/legacy/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/

2. copy over index.php from BP Default theme into your child theme folder and change the_content to the_excerpt