community · participate
Use community discussions and private support
Choose a public discussion or a private support case, follow replies, and report a post safely.
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Choose the right place
Community discussions are public. Your display name appears with a topic or reply; posting never shares a project automatically. Use private support for account, payment, or manuscript details.
- Open Community to read the available forums.
- Sign in with a confirmed account to start a discussion or reply.
- Use Private support when the information should not be public.
Follow, answer, and report
Following shows new replies to discussions you follow. The question author can mark a helpful reply as the accepted answer. Reports and staff moderation reasons are private to community staff.
- Choose Follow discussion to find later replies.
- If you asked a question, mark a reply as the answer when it resolves the issue.
- Use Report this post to send a reason privately to staff; reporting does not automatically remove the post.
Understand moderation and account data
Staff may remove a post or hide a discussion when it breaks community rules. A removed post no longer shows its original text to the public. Account export and erasure requests include your community contributions under the account data process; another member’s own contributions remain theirs.
- Check the discussion for an updated moderation state.
- Use private support if you need help with a report or an account data request.