I think this would take us to 5 forms of communicating on Discourse… and 5 definitions:
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personal message (a PM - which is core in Discourse)
a) 1-on-1
b) multiple users by invitation -
private chat
a) 1 on 1
b) multiple users by invitation -
group chat
a) invitation only similar to a topic for groups but without the topic format
b) members by invitation only -
private topic (pretty much the same as a group topic?)
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Public Topic (Everyone’s on!
)