> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://guide.zion.fyi/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://guide.zion.fyi/communities/communities-for-creators.md).

# Communities For Creators

Community Owners have a variety of tools that let them manage their communities, interact with members, and to monetize their content. On Zion Social, Community Owners can do the following:

* Set community rules
* Approve/Deny join requests
* Manage and remove members
* Manage and delete conversations and comments that violate community rules
* Manage community fees
* Manage OpenChat

### [Creating a Community](/zion/community-creation.md)

### Managing Conversations and Comments

To manage Community posts follow the instructions below:

* Navigate to the Community page you manage
* Click the "..." on the top right-hand corner of your screen and click reports
* View all reports from members about content they think violated the rules
* Click on a conversation or comment you would like to manage. Choose   whether to delete the post, remove the user from the group, or to ban the user from the group

### Managing Members

To manage current community members follow the instructions below:

* Navigate to the Community page you manage
* Click the "..." on the top right-hand corner of your screen and click reports
* Click on the member you would like to manage and click on their name
* Choose to remove or ban the member and click on your choice

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### Join Requests

To manage join requestions follow the instructions below:

* Navigate to the Community page you manage
* Click the "..." on the top right-hand corner of your screen and click reports
* Navigate to through the list and click "Confirm" to approve requests and "Delete" to delete them

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### Community Fees

Communities can have three fees to help Community Owners profit from their communities while also using fees to help reduce chances of malicious users in a Community as well as spam. These fees are:

* **Membership Fee:** One time membership fee for all Community members when joining the Community. This is not refundable if a member is kicked or leaves
* **Posting Fee:** A non-refundable fee for creating a post in a community feed. This makes members choose what content they feel is important enough to invest in a post creation.&#x20;
* **Staking Fee:** A refundable fee for posting content. This is a tool to prevent spam posts and malicious members from using sock puppets and bot accounts. Staking fees are kept for up to 8 hours and returned if the post is not taken down by community admins.  Members who's posts that are penalized for breaking the rules will not be returned their staking fee.

#### Setting Community Fees

To set up your Community fees follow instructions below:

* Navigate to the Community page you manage
* Click the "..." on the top right-hand corner of your screen and click "Edit Community"
* Input the fees you would like to set for each type of fee in it's respective input boxes and click "Save"

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### Deleting Your Community

To delete your community follow the steps below:

* Navigate to the Community page you manage
* Click the "..." on the top right-hand corner of your screen and click "Delete Community"
* You will be promoted with a message asking you again if you wish to delete your community. Click "Delete Community" to confirm

**Note: Once a Community is deleted it cannot be recovered. Additionally, all data from that community will be deleted, unless it is content shared from somewhere outside the Community.**

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