Guide

Use topics

Keep Mom's health, the reunion or the move in one place, seen only by one circle.

What a topic is

A circle decides who; a topic decides what. Every circle has a General topic, where a post goes unless you pick another, and Documents for its files. Add topics for the things you plan: Mom's health, the reunion, a sibling's job hunt. Everyone in the circle can see its topics, and nobody else can.

Add a topic

1. Open the Topics tab. Topics are grouped by circle.
2. Under the circle, tap Add a topic and type a name.

Post to a topic

When you share, pick the topic instead of a circle's General. Or open the topic and write, attach a photo or a file, or reply by voice.

Keep it quiet, or put it in Home

Topics stay out of the Home feed so the feed stays about moments; their unread count shows in the Topics tab. If one matters to you every day, open it and turn on Show in Home and send notifications.

To share with a different set of people, make a new circle rather than a topic. A topic always belongs to exactly one circle.

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