I will find out an "official" answer and let you know. Now I'm wondering, too as I LOVE the Shortcuts too!
Cheryl
Ditto for me - I also posted in another forum but didn't join and that community didn't show up on my shortcuts.
I also like My Shortcuts - tired of going ring-around-the-rosy everytime I wanted to get back in.
I posted a topic in another forum. The Caregiver's Forum, actually.
I didn't join that forum, and it does not show up on "my shortcuts". It doesn't show up in the communities section on my bio page, either. Not that I mind.
My Shortcuts, by the way, is a feature I love. Makes it faster to get back here from "My Medhelp", or other areas of the site.
Just my experience.
I am working on an exact answer -- this is what I think I've figured out on the ?
I saw a checkoff box on one of my posts in a different community than this one (I belong to this one already so the box is not there I think) -- When I posted, I automatically "joined this community" ... so I think as long as you join the community (either manually or automatically by keeping the box checked) you will "join" the community & get a Shortcut.
Cheryl
This is what happened to me - having a login and password and posting on a community did not add that community to my shortcuts. It was added after I hit the Join button....