communication/collaboration tools


·        Forum
 Is an area where users share thoughts, ideas, or help by posting text messages. Forums are different from chat because it is almost never live and can be read at any time.
·        User groups
Internally, Western-style forums organize visitors and logged in members into user groupsPrivileges and rights are given based on these groups. A user of the forum can automatically be promoted to a more privileged user group based on criteria set by the administrator.
·        Moderator
Essentially, it is the duty of the moderator to manage the day-to-day affairs of a forum or board as it applies to the stream of user contributions and interactions. The relative effectiveness of this user management directly impacts the quality of a forum in general, its appeal, and its usefulness as a community of interrelated user
·        Administrator 
The administrators manage the technical details required for running the site. As such, they may promote members to/from moderators, manage the rules, create sections and sub-sections, as well as perform any database operations (database backup etc.). Administrators often also act as moderators.



1.      The specific relationships between/among each of the concepts are that circular discussion and ambiguity in replies can extend for several tens of posts of a thread eventually ending when everyone gives up or attention spans waver and a more interesting subject takes over.

2.      There have been some relationships that have been overlooked due to them not being as important as the main ones mentioned above.

3.      If certain(x) concepts were removed then there would be a chaotic system which no one understands

4.      The lesser concepts for example, Stickying is less important, due to it not having a main role play.


5.      The concepts which are more important are the heads of the map, without them, nothing else will make sense 

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