Kiva Help
Discussions: Starting a new thread
You should start a new thread anytime you want to start a discussion on a new topic. Each Kiva develops its own conventions for when new threads are started. You can start a new thread using the tab in the Quick post forms on the left-hand pane of your Kiva's homepage.
In the discussion form, you must enter a discussion topic, because the topic is the main entry point to the contents of the thread. The thread topics should be short, but meaningful, to anyone scanning the list of thread topics on the home page.
Click on the pull down arrow at the right side of the Select Recipients ... box. This brings up the list of all the groups in your Kiva. Select the group or groups that should read your post. If you select a group by mistake, click it again to deselect it. When you have selected all the groups, click on or click outside the selection box.
You can add files, links and images to your post. If you have problems with uploading files, see the tutorial section on uploading files
After you enter your message and press the button, you will be taken to the page for the new topic. You can either continue the thread or click the button at the top or bottom of the page to go back to your Kiva home page.
Note: if you select multiple groups, your post will appear once for each group. This happens because many users filter their view of the Kiva by their group memberships. While it would be possible for us to write code that would suppress the duplicates if you belong to several groups that receive a post, for the time being, you can just ignore the duplicates. All copies of the post on the home page lead to the same thread.
