Gab Groups

Gab Groups are topic communities run by their own members. Each group picks its own moderators and writes its own rules, so a homesteading group and a systematic-theology group can operate very differently while living on the same platform.

How Gab Groups work

Any account holder can create a group, assign it a category, write the rules, and choose whether it is public or private. Public group posts are visible to anyone — including people without an account, and including search engines. Private group content is visible only to members, and admins control who gets in.

Most day-to-day moderation on Gab happens at this level rather than centrally. Group admins remove off-topic posts and enforce their own standards; Gab's platform-wide Terms of Service still apply on top, prohibiting illegal activity, threats of violence, doxxing, and pornography.

What people build groups around

Faith and Bible study, homeschooling, homesteading and gardening, firearms and preparedness, health and fitness, local and state politics, trades and small business, and hobbies from woodworking to ham radio. Browse the group categories to see the full range.

Groups compared to Facebook Groups

The format is familiar: a shared space, a member list, admins, and a feed of posts. The differences are policy and reach. Gab does not remove legal political or religious speech to keep advertisers comfortable, and it does not algorithmically suppress a group's posts for members who joined it — if you are in the group, you see the group.

Public versus private groups

The choice matters more than it looks. A public group is discoverable: its posts can be read by anyone and indexed by search engines, so it grows on its own but everything said in it is on the record. A private group is invisible from the outside and admins approve every member, which suits local organising, congregations, and anything where members reasonably expect not to be quoted. You cannot make a public group's history private retroactively, so pick deliberately at the start.

Running a group that lasts

Groups that stay active tend to have a narrow enough topic that members know what belongs, written rules people can actually point to, and more than one active moderator so the work does not fall on a single person. Seeding a group with a few real discussions before inviting people gives arrivals something to reply to rather than an empty page.

Getting started

Reading public groups needs no account. To join, post, or create a group, create a free Gab account, then browse all groups or the featured groups.