Invitations to Groups

[James Higgins]

I was invited to join a group called “Share Your Art Work,” but felt is best to decline the invitation since that would be the last place I have anything to share. I never could draw anything and at painting , I would be only a splasher, but wait, some would call that art. Anyway, I do appreciate the invitation. Is there a table tennis group?

[SadieMarie]

Yes I understand what you are saying. It is best to join groups you find you will be able to relate and contribute. I don’t believe that there is a table tennis group. Anyone is allowed to create a group here on blogjob. You also are rewarded 2 points for each that you start. It is fairly easy to run them too. Very little work on your part.

Do you enjoy playing table tennis in your spare time? I have played forever ago it seems. Was so fun. Would enjoy playing again. But seeing as I live in an apartment I wouldn’t be able to get my own table really. Might be able to find a location near by to go. But since cash is fairly low most of the time for me I don’t know how often I could go.

[James Higgins]

@SadieMarie, I do play table tennis with sever other retired men and women in the over 55 community where we live. I had not played for many years, but it came back to me quickly. We play doubles and there are some tournament level players in the group.

[Lee Ka]

I just did a search in the groups, and found one Table Tennis group. But it hasn’t been active for the last 8 months. 🙂

[James Higgins]

@LeeKa Thank you for looking!

• This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by James Higgins.

[Kyla Matton Osborne]

@kaka135, you are so sweet to look!

It’s sad that so many groups here are inactive. And we lose points if we leave the group too 🙁

[Lee Ka]

@ruby3881 I was wondering if there is a search feature for the group, so it’d be easier for us to search for any groups we might be interested in, and there I found the Table tennis group.

I didn’t know points will be deducted if we leave the group. I think I’d better be more careful in joining the groups from now onward. 😀

Hope with more members now, those groups will be active again. 🙂

[Anthony]

I agree it appears some groups have become dormant how I wish we do not have to bargain with our points when we choose to look elsewhere

[James Higgins]

I became aware of that through comments on this forum post.

[Diya]

You should join. Because if you will join then you will get some knowledge about art from that group.

[James Higgins]

And yet, I would have nothing to contribute. It makes no sense to me to join a group where you are unable to share, in this case, art.

[suni51]

I feel I should join but when I join I made it clear whether or not I would be able to participate. However, I write regularly if a group is active. I have not yet started a group of my own even after 8 months or little more on this site though.

[James Higgins]

After about a week, I am thinking about a group, but first will explore to see if one I have in mind already exists.

[Super Spy]

I have declined a couple of group invitations because they are not topics I am interested in. I’m sure the admins are not offended as like most you invite everyone, and an invite means you can accept or decline. I am not offended if no one joins my groups, and am surprised when people do.

[James Higgins]

Yes, why join a group unless you are sure you are interested and able to or want to be part of it.

[nakitakona13]

Anyone has the freedom to accept or to deny a group invitation. No one is compelled to do so. By the way, you are looking for a tennis group or forum, why not create it by yourself and invite others to join. That would be 2 points for you.

[James Higgins]

I play table tennis, and just wondered if there was a group based on that interest, but crating a group to gain two points without being committed to it seems a bit pointless. Other replies here seem to bear that out.

[shaloowalia]

I am hardly active in any of the groups I have joined. So I am refraining from joining new groups.

[James Higgins]

I understand that. It seems a little pointless to do so.

[simplym]

I had to decline a group because it was religious and I am not religious.

[James Higgins]

I too would have to decline that group. That is what invitations are for. We can decline or accept.

[simplym]

Yes – especially if I cannot relate to the group. But I have noticed some groups I have joined are not very active.

[James Higgins]

From other comments I see here, that is not uncommon.

[simplym]

I agree. There are some groups – I visit and post but no one writes back. 🙂

[James Higgins]

That is not a good thing for Blogjob at all.

[James Higgins]

Barbara, I suspect that you are right and will be careful about enlisting in groups. Those checkboxes would be a good idea.

[gina145]

@barbrad I wish I’d declined most of the invitations I received, but I often feel like it’s insulting the people who invite me if I decline them. Now I belong to so many groups that I struggle to find the ones I’m really interested in.

[James Higgins]

@gina145, This is a good cautionary tale for Newbies like me. Thanks

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