Joining groups on chess.com

Can someone explain to me the benefits of joining a group?  What do you get out of a group that you don't get from online playing and having chess friends?

Team Matches are always fun and can assist you in becoming a better chessplayer. You would have to join one to find out for yourself 

Hope this answers your question.

People like to put themselves in groups. It is a natural human impulse to identify oneself as a member of a greater organization. Maybe this is a primitive survival instinct; there is safety in the herd. There are also more sophisticated social implications: by the act of joining a group, one gains immediate recognition and acceptance with fellow members. This, of course, is based on an implicit assumption that members of the same group are generally more trustworthy than outsiders. This assumption, and it's converse- that outsiders are untrustworthy - is the cause of many of the world's problems. People should be judged individually by their conduct, but it requires a lot of thought to judge each person we interact with; too much thought for many people. As a result, humans are too often judged by the groups they fall into, not who they are. It is in protest of this mentality that I do not actively participate in chess.com groups.

I think the hope is that you play more online chess and make more chess friends. It's all about more of a good thing.

4 words: group-hysteria.

Wow, very diverse answers.  I think I'm still not seeing any great advantage to joining a group.  In fact, the thought of playing on a team kinda gives me the heebie-jeebies.

SHARE -> Groups & Teams.

Pick a group.

Click on "JOIN GROUP".