🌍 1.4 Finding Communities

discover and follow communities that match your interests overview communities are where sweatpals comes alive — they’re your gateway to local classes, runs, and wellness events 💡 follow a community to get notified about new events and exclusive updates searching for communities 1 tap explore on the main menu 2 specify " communities " in your search query (you can also search for events and users) 3 scroll through the results and tap any community to view details 4 tap join community to add it to your feed search filter description location find groups near you or in a specific city category browse by fitness type (e g , yoga, running) date filter upcoming events by time frame joining communities tap follow to receive updates from that community you’ll see their events in your home feed to unfollow, go to the community page → tap following → unfollow 🧭 unfollowing does not affect existing event bookings — you’ll still receive reminders for those events recommended communities sweatpals suggests new communities based on location and preferred activities past bookings and events you’ve attended trending local hosts 🌟 you can discover these recommendations under home → for you adding a community to your home screen when accessing sweatpals on your mobile device, you can add a shortcut to your favorite communities on your home screen, giving you quick and easy access to updates, upcoming events and more when you add this shortcut the community's logo is displayed as an app icon on your home screen no sweatpals branding in the way one tap takes you straight to the community page, no extra navigation you can access this feature in two ways when joining a community, you'll be prompted to add a shortcut to your home screen if you decide to dismiss this prompt, you can add the shortcut later by tapping on the ⋯ icon when accessing your community