What is the difference between a public and private group space?
Public group spaces are visible to all users and will appear in the directory list on the spaces landing page. Visitors can request membership to any public group space, and accepting or rejecting these requests is at the discretion of the space administrator. Private group spaces will only be visible to the members of that space. Nonmembers will not see it in the directory list on the spaces landing page, and if they otherwise attempt to access the URL, they will get a message that the space is private with a link to apply to join. The administrator of a private group space can add members to the space at his or her discretion. A special note for private space administrators and editors: Tags and space titles are not private. Tags you apply to your space will be visible in the tagging widget on all spaces, and bookmarks created for private spaces will be visible in the Bookmarks collection on developerWorks. Nonmembers will still be unable to access your space, but will be given the o
