# Assign/allow user to join group upon sign-up

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-allow-user-to-join-group-upon-sign-up/213007>\
**Category:** Marketplace\
**Created:** [December 23, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-allow-user-to-join-group-upon-sign-up/213007 "2021-12-23T21:16:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 24, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/assign-allow-user-to-join-group-upon-sign-up/213007/6 "2021-12-24T16:45:35Z")

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It was just an idea. Groups still might be the best bet, since it’s the closest thing to a more formal micro ‘community,’ and that way tags/categories can be predesignated that they’re following.

From a UX perspective, there’s a reason those services cited above ask users to follow topics during the sign-up experience, and not after the fact, and that’s because engagement typically plummets after the initial experience.

So baking it into the sign-up experience is still very much needed!

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