This is just what I’ve been doing that’s working for me. I’ll update my advice as I learn more, and I’d love to know what you’ve been learning about making your way through the new site.
1) First I sign in.
2) Then I click (Activity) and see what’s new with everyone. I reply to folks if I have something to say. I post my own comments–am I writing or thinking about writing or do I have something interesting or helpful or relevant to say?
3) Then I take a look at my groups. Since I am in all the groups, I click on “active” in the “newest/ active/ popular” menu at the top of the sidebar groups listing on the right side of the page. This tells me which groups have had recent activity, and so I go to those to see what’s going on and to reply, etc.
4) I also post “status updates” in my profile.
I’d love to hear other folks’ approaches; what’s working for you?
I navigate through the site the same way! I am wondering if the group comments show up in the activity list or if the activity list is just for profile status updates.
Thais–I think that the public group comments show up in the activities list, while private group comments do not. Right now, all the groups are public, but that wasn’t true at first. I am not 100% sure of this, since I feel like sometimes I find unexpected comments here and there . . . I’ll ask Angie . . . and keep exploring.
Okay good to know. I like checking the Activity tab for new comments.