Communities

Communities are groups of users and posts that are focused on a specific topic. Once a message is posted in a community, it not only shows up on their profile, but also the community page. Each community must have an owner, who also acts as a moderator for the community (with the exception of anarchy/ownerless communities). Communities can be verified,https://api.darflen.com/communities/paradock which, like verified users, can only be obtained through Paradock's approval. The requirements for having a verified community are unknown, as only %paradock, which is owned by him, has been verified.
==Layout and usage==
Communities follow a similar layout to profiles. On the top of the page, they have the community banner, which includes the icon, display name, handle, loves, members, and a button to join/leave the community. If you are the owner, you cannot leave a community you make (except in the case of anarchy communities, via exploits). In the top-right corner of the banner, there is a drop-down button with a ellipse. Activating it will give you an option to report the community, or if you are the owner, you can edit the settings of the community. In the page, you can edit the display name, icon, description/Information, banner, pinned post and visibility, as well as a list of community members that can be moderated, and banned users. The visibility setting will change who can view or join your community. It can be set to:
*Public: Anyone can view and join your community.
*Unlisted: Anyone can view and join your community, but does not appear anywhere anywhere on the site.
*Invite only: Anyone can view, but only invitied users are able to join your community.
*Private: Only the owner can view and nobody can join your community.
*Other: A former bug on Darflen that let users set a "custom" visibility (identical to 'Unlisted').
Underneath the banner, they have an "Information" section similar to the "About Me" of users, and a "Statistics" section showing the amount of posts, members, loves and the creation date. Below, the posts published are listed, and a text box to write a new post if you have joined it.
==== Creating/managing communities ====
A community can be created through the "New Community" button below the text box to compose a new post in the feed or on your profile. When the button is clicked, a selection appears to create a display name, handle, and a description (using only bold, italic, underline and strikethrough as markdown, the others being disabled), and the visibility. By default, the community visibility is public, but can also be invite only, unlisted, or private. In the past, custom visibility communities have been made, though this is patched now.https://api.darflen.com/communities/nilhttps://api.darflen.com/communities/ii Unlike usernames, community names are always lowercase.
==Explore page==
The "Communities" text at the top of the Explore page can be clicked leading to the Communities section of it. The section displays a rank of the most joined communities, as well as a list of "recently active" and "newly created" communities.
==Notable communities==
In the history of Darflen, many notable communities have been created. As of , there are over 627 communities,https://darflen.com/statistics with the most joined one being misinformation.https://darflen.com/explore/communities A list of the most joined communities in descending orderhttps://darflen.com/explore/communities are as follows:
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Misinformation is a joke community based on posting ironic untrue facts. Its banner and icon is a 0.5 photo of a black cat. The first member of this community is Jinx.https://darflen.com/communities/misinformation/members/
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Scratch, or Scratchers, is a community based on Scratch related posts. Its banner is a simplified version of the Scratch project editor, and its icon is the Scratch Cat, a mascot of Scratch. The first member of this community is 598.https://darflen.com/communities/scratch/members/
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Suggestions, or Darflen Suggestions, is a community based on improvements that could be added to Darflen. Many features suggested there have been added to Darflen, relating to communities, engagements, posts, etc. Its banner is a solid orange color and its icon is a recolored version of Darf on its forest background. The first member of this community is Jinx.https://darflen.com/communities/suggestions/members/
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Memes is a community based on posting small memes. Its posts are usually paired with hashtags meme or . Its banner shows Darf in front of a background and header text, and its icon is a laughing crying emoji. The first member of this community is CoolKat.https://darflen.com/communities/memes/members/
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Paradock, usually called Paradock's Hangout, is a community composed of miscellaneous posts. It is the only verified community. Its banner and icon is identical to Paradock's, his profile picture showing a cartoon goldfish. The first member of this community is Paradock.https://darflen.com/communities/paradock/members/
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Darftube is a community to share videos. The name "DarfTube" is a contraction of Darflen, or Darf, and YouTube. Its banner and icon is a logo of DarfTube, which is similar to the YouTube logo. The first member of this community is .https://darflen.com/communities/darftube/members/
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Randomfiles, or "random file uploading community," is a community created for random file uploads. There is an ongoing quest in the random file uploading community to upload as many types of uploadable files as possible.https://darflen.com/posts/68bee71d18d404b4ac17f779 It has a default icon and banner. The first member of this community is PkmnQ.https://darflen.com/communities/randomfiles/members/
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