Community

A named, visibility-scoped group of members. Communities are the primary organizational unit of the social layer and the mechanism that creates inner circle relationships.

Allowed:

• public community (open membership by invitation; conversations visible to all members)
• private community (membership by invitation only; creates inner circle bonds)
• community membership
• community conversations
• community visibility

Forbidden:

• group (ambiguous; do not use)
• channel (connotes real-time chat; not the model here)
• room (same as channel)
• team (implies work/productivity context)
• club (too casual)
• network (overloaded)

Notes:

• Membership in a private community establishes an inner circle relationship (depth 1) between co-members. This is the primary mechanism for circle derivation.
• Public communities do not affect circle membership.
• Members are not self-joining; they are invited. The owner and moderators manage membership.
• Each member gets a default public community and a default private community seeded on first login.

Related:

• membership
• circle
• conversation
• visibility
• event