{"id":1947490,"date":"2020-07-15T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T18:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/?post_type=tribe-guide&#038;p=1947490"},"modified":"2024-07-24T18:11:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T22:11:14","slug":"community-events","status":"publish","type":"tec-guide","link":"https:\/\/staging.theeventscalendar.com\/knowledgebase\/guide\/community-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started with Community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Crowdsourcing is simple with Community Events. Users submit their own events to your calendar, and you set the moderation and publishing controls. 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