Q&A regarding MeWe features By Mark Weinstein on G+ (edited for clarity):
+Ash UK
Here are your answers, thanks for asking:
Q: Currently shared resources on groups (i.e. files) seem to only be accessible via desk top. Will there be plans to offer access via the app?
A: These are available on the apps already. Just click on the group info (i) button in the top right of the group and you can see files and all shared resources of the group.
Q: Will you be adding the ability to add sections to groups? I know the current work around is to use hashtag filters but it seems to be messy.
A: At this time we have not plan to add sections to groups. We do plan on enhancing hashtags to be more elegant and easy to use.
Q: Is there ability for Admins to limit hashtags for use solely by the admin team?
A: Not at this time. It is a feature we are considering.
Q: Profiles - are there plans to allow multiple profiles under one account?
A: Already available - MeWe allows members to have different profiles for every group they are in.
Q: Multiple accounts - are there plans to improve the ability to swap and change between accounts, especially on the app?
A: We are working on this.
Q: G+ offers the ability to have different types of members. Limited & full access member. Limited members require all posts to be approved by an admin, while the full access member does not. What are MeWe's plans on this regards.
A: MeWe already has 4 types of group member levels, Contributor, Limited, Viewer, Custom. These levels can be set both globally for group members and then granularly for individual group members as well.
Q: Will MeWe have the ability to suspend members for a period of time & reinstate them at a later date?
A: MeWe group owners can already block and later unblock any group member or simply limit a group member permissions to View Only.
Q: How does banned member tracking work?
A: Neither group owners nor MeWe track banned members.
Q: Will groups have a report post to admin function?
A: Yes, we are working on additional reporting tools for group members to report issues directly to group owners and group admins.
Q: I couldn't seem to find a FAQ for groups, do you have a link?
A: We have an FAQ about MeWe here: https://mewe.com/faq. However, at this time we don't have one about groups specifically.
Q: does MeWe offer any form of analytics as standard or as a premium add-on?
A: Group and page analytics will be available as a premium feature added in Q1/Q2 of next year.
Q: within the group, is there a setting process that allows you to keep posts viewable within the community only?
A: Yes, inside Group Settings/Permissions you can turn off the Reshare permission for all of your group members.
Q: does MeWe groups offer the option to change your page layout. G+ allows user to customise this so they can either use the one post horizontal view or more of a multiple post vertical view on both desktop and mobile app.
A: Currently there is no way to customize the view of your feed inside a MeWe group. It's an interesting idea and I'll be sure to pass it along to our product team.
Q: are there any plans enhance the search option for groups. Currently you can search for terms fine within a group setting but you are unable to search for terms in public group posts as a whole. Search only brings up groups rather than posts. Also similarly is there search functionality to find posts from specific users covering specific terms?
A: MeWe's "Smart Search" will search posts in all of the groups you are in and all of your contacts posts as well. When you search on MeWe we show a combination of people, groups and posts and you can then filter it to show only posts if you like. When public posts go live they will be indexed for search and our open group posts will also get indexed.
Q: Will the ability to see all posts from all the groups & contacts an individual follows appear on an integrated personal timeline in your app?
A: It currently works that way on the desktop version.
Yes, in the future we may add this feature to the mobile apps.
Q: Are there plans to increase functionality of chats, i.e. being able to add people to an existing chat?
A: Absolutely. We love chat at MeWe and we'll always be adding features to make it better. Soon you will be able to emoji chat messages and not long after that you'll have the ability to add users to chats, name chat threads and much more.
Q: Are there plans to allow the ability to save a post or the option of getting a unique url for a specific post so that it can be bookmarked?
A: There are plans for this. Here is a quick hack to things you want to remember. Create a private group, name it "Stuff I want to remember" and then you can share posts to this group so you can find them later.
Q: Does MeWe offer the ability to use already uploaded images/documents in new posts. If yes, how does this work.
A: Yes, just go to your "My Cloud" on desktop (coming to our apps soon) and re-share what you've posted/uploaded.
Q: You mentioned in an earlier answer that MeWe allows members to have different profiles for every group they are in. Please can you direct me to a guide on how to set this up? I have had a couple of people asking me to follow up on this, as they can't work out how to do it.
A: Inside each group you can click on your profile picture to view your group profile or you can go to the group option Customize Your Group Profile. Here you can change your profile picture and the text for each group you are in. Only group members inside this group can see this profile picture and text.
Q: Google+ offers the ability to vet people before they join a community (i.e. see how they post on their timelines & public communities). How would this work with MeWe groups? Due the privacy settings etc of MeWe how would admins be able to check validity of the request?
A: With the addition of Public Posts later this year it should help solve this issue.
+Ash UK
Here are your answers, thanks for asking:
Q: Currently shared resources on groups (i.e. files) seem to only be accessible via desk top. Will there be plans to offer access via the app?
A: These are available on the apps already. Just click on the group info (i) button in the top right of the group and you can see files and all shared resources of the group.
Q: Will you be adding the ability to add sections to groups? I know the current work around is to use hashtag filters but it seems to be messy.
A: At this time we have not plan to add sections to groups. We do plan on enhancing hashtags to be more elegant and easy to use.
Q: Is there ability for Admins to limit hashtags for use solely by the admin team?
A: Not at this time. It is a feature we are considering.
Q: Profiles - are there plans to allow multiple profiles under one account?
A: Already available - MeWe allows members to have different profiles for every group they are in.
Q: Multiple accounts - are there plans to improve the ability to swap and change between accounts, especially on the app?
A: We are working on this.
Q: G+ offers the ability to have different types of members. Limited & full access member. Limited members require all posts to be approved by an admin, while the full access member does not. What are MeWe's plans on this regards.
A: MeWe already has 4 types of group member levels, Contributor, Limited, Viewer, Custom. These levels can be set both globally for group members and then granularly for individual group members as well.
Q: Will MeWe have the ability to suspend members for a period of time & reinstate them at a later date?
A: MeWe group owners can already block and later unblock any group member or simply limit a group member permissions to View Only.
Q: How does banned member tracking work?
A: Neither group owners nor MeWe track banned members.
Q: Will groups have a report post to admin function?
A: Yes, we are working on additional reporting tools for group members to report issues directly to group owners and group admins.
Q: I couldn't seem to find a FAQ for groups, do you have a link?
A: We have an FAQ about MeWe here: https://mewe.com/faq. However, at this time we don't have one about groups specifically.
Q: does MeWe offer any form of analytics as standard or as a premium add-on?
A: Group and page analytics will be available as a premium feature added in Q1/Q2 of next year.
Q: within the group, is there a setting process that allows you to keep posts viewable within the community only?
A: Yes, inside Group Settings/Permissions you can turn off the Reshare permission for all of your group members.
Q: does MeWe groups offer the option to change your page layout. G+ allows user to customise this so they can either use the one post horizontal view or more of a multiple post vertical view on both desktop and mobile app.
A: Currently there is no way to customize the view of your feed inside a MeWe group. It's an interesting idea and I'll be sure to pass it along to our product team.
Q: are there any plans enhance the search option for groups. Currently you can search for terms fine within a group setting but you are unable to search for terms in public group posts as a whole. Search only brings up groups rather than posts. Also similarly is there search functionality to find posts from specific users covering specific terms?
A: MeWe's "Smart Search" will search posts in all of the groups you are in and all of your contacts posts as well. When you search on MeWe we show a combination of people, groups and posts and you can then filter it to show only posts if you like. When public posts go live they will be indexed for search and our open group posts will also get indexed.
Q: Will the ability to see all posts from all the groups & contacts an individual follows appear on an integrated personal timeline in your app?
A: It currently works that way on the desktop version.
Yes, in the future we may add this feature to the mobile apps.
Q: Are there plans to increase functionality of chats, i.e. being able to add people to an existing chat?
A: Absolutely. We love chat at MeWe and we'll always be adding features to make it better. Soon you will be able to emoji chat messages and not long after that you'll have the ability to add users to chats, name chat threads and much more.
Q: Are there plans to allow the ability to save a post or the option of getting a unique url for a specific post so that it can be bookmarked?
A: There are plans for this. Here is a quick hack to things you want to remember. Create a private group, name it "Stuff I want to remember" and then you can share posts to this group so you can find them later.
Q: Does MeWe offer the ability to use already uploaded images/documents in new posts. If yes, how does this work.
A: Yes, just go to your "My Cloud" on desktop (coming to our apps soon) and re-share what you've posted/uploaded.
Q: You mentioned in an earlier answer that MeWe allows members to have different profiles for every group they are in. Please can you direct me to a guide on how to set this up? I have had a couple of people asking me to follow up on this, as they can't work out how to do it.
A: Inside each group you can click on your profile picture to view your group profile or you can go to the group option Customize Your Group Profile. Here you can change your profile picture and the text for each group you are in. Only group members inside this group can see this profile picture and text.
Q: Google+ offers the ability to vet people before they join a community (i.e. see how they post on their timelines & public communities). How would this work with MeWe groups? Due the privacy settings etc of MeWe how would admins be able to check validity of the request?
A: With the addition of Public Posts later this year it should help solve this issue.
Thank you.
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! Thank you for asking those questions.
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Great and helpful post. Thanks
ReplyDeleteWill there be pages for businesses?
ReplyDeleteJamez Frondeskias Yes they will be offering a profession page service for $2.99 per month. It is in their pipeline to be launched in the coming months. No exact date given.
ReplyDeleteAsh UK thanks
ReplyDeleteI keep adding the latest updates to the original post as i learn about them. Please don’t forget to revisit the post to see the latest Q&As. Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteOuch, this is nowhere near complete and very limited
ReplyDeleteHope they improve it by August
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