Circles
Members who share a place or an interest.
What a circle is
A circle gathers members around one thing: a country, a larger city, or an interest from a fixed list — climbing, board games, a language. There are no free names, so there is one circle for a thing rather than ten. A circle is free and open: no fee, no approval, no closed circle. It is not a club or an organisation, and EduFabTech does not run one.
Country and city circles exist on their own: the first member who joins brings one to life, and nobody owns it. City circles are for cities of at least 200,000 people; if you live in a district or a smaller town, your city circle is the largest such city within 50 km. An interest circle is started by a member — everywhere, in my country, in my city.
Joining, and who sees you
One click to join, one to leave; you can be in up to 30 circles. The name, the description and the number of members are public. Who is in a circle is shown only to its own members, and a block hides the two of you from each other there too. Staff see counts, not names. We suggest the circles of the place in your travel profile, and never add you to one ourselves.
What happens in a circle
- Events. An organiser who is a member can show their event in up to 3 circles. Members of the circle then find it on their radar, wherever it takes place. How events work.
- Discussions. The author of a forum topic can show it in up to 2 circles. The topic stays in the public forum; the circle only gathers it.
- Posts. An Exchange post can be placed in one of your circles — and, if you tick it, be visible only to that circle’s members.
- Narrowing. The host list and the friend search can be narrowed to a circle you are in.
Who runs a circle
The member who starts an interest circle is its founder — up to 5 circles each — and can invite other members of it to help, up to 3 people in all. They write the description (up to 400 characters; no links, addresses or phone numbers), and their profile shows a “Runs …” badge to signed-in members. They cannot remove or approve anyone: a circle is open. If the founder leaves, the longest-serving manager takes over; if nobody is left, the circle simply carries on.
A circle that breaks the rules is closed by a moderator — closed, not deleted — and the member who started it is told which rule and can appeal. The rules · what we keep.