Discovery

The traversal of circle reach, built from private community co-membership. Discovery determines which members and Social objects are reachable at each circle depth.

Depth labels:

• depth 0 — self only
• depth 1 — inner circle (direct private community co-membership)
• depth 2 — trusted (inner circle's inner circle)
• depth 3 — extended (trusted's inner circle)

Allowed:

• discovery graph
• discovery depth
• reachable members
• discovery scope

Forbidden:

• search (that is find.elonn.local; see: find)
• network (too generic)
• social graph (acceptable in technical discussion; not the product term)
• connections (LinkedIn-connoted)
• followers (removed from the model; see: relationship)

Notes:

• Discovery is not a stored structure. It is computed on demand from private community co-membership.
• The GET /social/discovery/graph endpoint exposes the computed graph for the current member.
• Discovery filters apply to conversations, communities, events, and presence when a depth parameter is supplied.
• Do not conflate discovery with the find service. Discovery is about who you can see. Find is about what content you can search.

Related:

• circle
• community (private, the source of inner circle bonds)
• find (distinct search service; see: find)
• visibility