Since we have well structured threads with replies and unlimited forums, we no longer need groups as a unique way for users to organize themselves.
If there needs to be an ad-hoc community on anything, a simple forum can be created. Because of this the whole idea of groups is deprecated...
However cliques are useful in some sense, when a community leader needs some way to moderate and maintain a structure that he or she wants. That's the purpose that a group serves. But placing it in this site's context, it's better to call it a 'private forum'.
Comments are welcomed, especially thoughts on how I may be wrong and whether or not there's another, different, context for groups.
This is moving to implementation, but discussion will be kept open.
Renaming "Groups" to "Private Forums"
1:16 am 22/02/2010
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