How to Contribute and Participate

Kyle Deery — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:58:29 GMT

Current Revision posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Kyle Deery on 12/1/2022 4:58:29 PM

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to reply to a thread
How to upvote or downvote replies
How to edit or delete your reply
How to quote someone else’s text in your reply
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a volunteer group for a USMS Committee that I belong to
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID.

More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar.

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread. If you want to delete the thread you started, contact an admin and they can delete it for you.

How to reply to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote replies
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a reply.

How to edit or delete your reply
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete”

How to quote someone else’s text in your reply
- Highlight an existing text and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”

For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group (region, national volunteer committee) that I belong to
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options”

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a thread post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.”

Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a thread or reply that violates the USMS Community Rules, you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive”

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Kyle Deery — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:56:42 GMT

Revision 19 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Kyle Deery on 12/1/2022 4:56:42 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your reply
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a volunteer group for a USMS Committee that I belong to
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID.

More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar.

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread. If you want to delete the thread you started, contact an admin and they can delete it for you.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote replies
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a reply.

How to edit or delete your reply
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete”

How to quote someone else’s text in your reply
- Highlight an existing text and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”

For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group (region, national volunteer committee) that I belong to
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options”

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a thread post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.”

Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a thread or reply that violates the USMS Community Rules, you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive”

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 17:21:58 GMT

Revision 18 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 4/15/2021 5:21:58 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a volunteer group for a USMS Committee that I belong to
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID.

More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar.

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment.

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete”

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”

For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group (region, national volunteer committee) that I belong to
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options”

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.”

Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules, you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive”

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:13:53 GMT

Revision 17 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 4/15/2021 1:13:53 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a volunteer group for a USMS Committee that I belong to
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID.

More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar.

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment.

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete”

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”

For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group (region, national volunteer committee) that I belong to
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options”

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.”

Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules, you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive”

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 13:12:45 GMT

Revision 16 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 4/15/2021 1:12:45 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a volunteer group for a USMS Committee that I belong to
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID.

More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar.

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment.

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete”

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”

For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group (region, national volunteer committee) that I belong to
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options”

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.”

Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules, you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive”

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 20:15:20 GMT

Revision 15 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 8:15:20 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a volunteer group for a USMS Committee that I belong to
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID.

More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar.

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment.

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete”

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”

For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group (region, national volunteer committee) that I belong to
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options”

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.”

Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules, you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive”

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:39:18 GMT

Revision 14 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 4:39:18 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a volunteer group for a USMS Committee that I belong to
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID.

More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar.

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment.

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete”

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”

For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a volunteer group for a USMS Committee that I belong to
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.”

Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:25:58 GMT

Revision 13 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 4:25:58 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID.

More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar.

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment.

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete”

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:42:47 GMT

Revision 12 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 3:42:47 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID.

More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users. Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar.

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment.

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” (screenshot

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:30:36 GMT

Revision 11 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 3:30:36 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID. More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users.Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar. (screenshot)

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment. (screenshot)

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” (screenshot

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:30:03 GMT

Revision 10 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 3:30:03 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID. More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users.Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar. (screenshot)

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment. (screenshot)

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” (screenshot

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:29:01 GMT

Revision 9 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 3:29:01 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID. More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users.Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar. (screenshot)

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment. (screenshot)

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” (screenshot

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:28:19 GMT

Revision 8 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 3:28:19 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID. More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users.Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar. (screenshot)

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment. (screenshot)

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” (screenshot

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:18:36 GMT

Revision 7 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 3:18:36 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID. More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in "How to manage my friends and private messages"

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users.Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar. (screenshot)

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment. (screenshot)

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” (screenshot

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:17:09 GMT

Revision 6 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 3:17:09 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID. More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in How to manage my friends and private messages

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users.Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar. (screenshot)

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment. (screenshot)

How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” (screenshot

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, and notifications and standard USMS emails?”

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 15:05:28 GMT

Revision 5 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 3:05:28 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID. More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in How to manage my friends and private messages (insert anchor link)

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users.Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar. (screenshot)

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment. (screenshot)
How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” (screenshot)

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, and notifications and standard USMS emails?” [insert anchor link]

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to Contribute and Participate

Steve Hall — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:33:00 GMT

Revision 4 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/30/2021 2:33:00 PM

How to Contribute and Participate

How to navigate Community
How to search Community for my swim friends
How to search Community for a topic
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
How to edit or delete your post
How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
How to subscribe to a group
How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?

How to navigate Community
- When you first log into Community, you’ll be brought to the home page. From there, you can navigate to your profile, connect with your swim friends, and join in on the conversation in any of the forums. To return to the home page of Community at any time, just click the Community logo in the header.

How to search Community for my swim friends
- USMS members will be added to Community automatically upon registration. Prior to members completing their user profile, their display name will be displayed as their USMS permanent ID. You can use the search bar at the top of the page to type in their full name or permanent ID. More information on connecting with your swim friends can be found in How to manage my friends and private messages (insert anchor link)

How to search Community for a topic
- Using the search bar at the top of the page, enter your search criteria. This will pull search results from all groups, forums, ,threads, and users.Filter these results by using the tabs underneath the search bar. (screenshot)

How to start a thread
- If you’ve searched for a topic and didn’t find the information you were looking for and you’d like to start a new thread within a forum, use the ”+ New” button in the upper right-hand corner to start a new thread.

How to respond to a thread
- When you’re within the thread, use the ”Reply” button to respond to a thread.

How to upvote or downvote threads or comments
- When you’re within the thread, use the ‘ ˆ ’ and ‘ ˇ ‘ buttons to upvote or downvote a thread or comment. (screenshot)
How to edit or delete your post
- Click ”More,” next to the reply button and select “Edit” or ”Delete” (screenshot)

How to quote someone else’s comment in your response
- Highlight an existing comment and select “Quote,” to quote the highlighted text in the reply window.

How to subscribe to a forum and/or forum thread
- From inside a forum, click the "Turn Forum Notifications On” button to subscribe to that forum and receive notifications. When you’re within a forum thread, at the bottom of the post, click “More” and then select “Turn Reply Notifications On”
- For more information on subscribing to threads or other notifications, see ”How to manage Community digests, subscriptions, and notifications and standard USMS emails?” [insert anchor link]

How to subscribe to a group
- Within the group, click the “Email digest options” button. A modal will pop up, and you can also modify the frequency of notifications by selecting ”Email digest options” (screenshot)

How to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
- When you’re within a post or reply, you add images/video/files by selecting “Insert.” (screenshot)
- Images, videos, and files have size limitations.

How to mark a post as spam or abusive
- If you find a post or comment that violates the USMS Community Rules (link), you can report the post as abusive by clicking ”More,” next to the reply button, and select “Report as abusive” (screenshot)

What happens if I don’t renew my USMS membership?
- The USMS Community is a membership benefit. If you do not renew your USMS membership, you’ll lose access to Community and won’t be able to access your Community or My USMS accounts.

How to contribute and participate?

Steve Hall — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:12:35 GMT

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How to navigate Community
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads
How to edit or delete your post
How to subscribe to a forum
What to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
How to search Community

How to navigate Community

How to start a thread

How to respond to a thread

How to upvote or downvote threads

How to edit or delete your post

How to subscribe to a forum

What to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply

How to mark a post as spam or abusive

How to search Community

How to contribute and participate?

Steve Hall — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:30:12 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/16/2021 7:30:12 PM

How to navigate Community
How to start a thread
How to respond to a thread
How to upvote or downvote threads
How to edit or delete your post
How to subscribe to a forum
What to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply
How to mark a post as spam or abusive
How to search Community

How to navigate Community

How to start a thread

How to respond to a thread

How to upvote or downvote threads

How to edit or delete your post

How to subscribe to a forum

What to insert images/videos/files into a thread or reply

How to mark a post as spam or abusive

How to search Community

How to contribute and participate?

Steve Hall — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:13:56 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Frequently Asked Questions by Steve Hall on 3/15/2021 2:13:56 PM

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