Dear members and friends of ipernity,
As the seasons change we're grateful for our wonderful community and our continuing working website. We hope the new season brings great art and beauty to each of us. Thank you all for contributing to our modest and advert free place on the web.

1) Group search feature.
It was noticed that the Search feature for groups only looked at the title. This update adds the option of including the group description in the search. This is a benefit both for when looking for ones in your area of interest, or when checking what exists before creating a new group.

You have been able to search all public groups on title, or within the contributions or discussions of one of the groups you were a member of. Now you can also look across all the groups of which you are a member. Members who have joined many groups may find this of more use than others.

When looking at the initial overview of say photos or articles there is a search box. This is now also the case for groups which was previously the only area where you had to use the top search box.

Previously only the default search inputs were displayed, but now the additional options are always shown. This simplifies the interface, and makes clear the criteria being used for the search.

2) Group administration.
We would like to thank those members who have volunteered to take over groups that they have found, 'lacking attention' shall we say. Such requests are best done via a Help ticket.

3) Overload and error messages.
Based on the experience of the past couple of months, it does appear that we have weathered the storm. Perhaps the harvesting AI tools have had their fill, or learnt to be less intrusive. So we have avoided going to the effort and the expense of implementing protection from a professional source.

Your ima team.