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Comments

Comment are the heart of Reframe It. They appear both on our website and in the contextual margin. To view a comment in context click on its text or title in the margin. View the tutorial to learn about the basic features

Replies

You can reply to any comment by pressing the (*)button

Bookmarks

You can book mark any comment and view it later. A list of bookmarked comments is located in the comments section and in your profile.

Groups

On reframe it groups. Join a group by selecting this (*) symbol whenever you see it on the website or margin.
You can place your new comments in a group when creating them in the margin

Creation

You can describe the groups purpose with free response text. Predefined Subjects and Keywords can be assigned to the group. These will label every comment in a group. Select a place for the group when you want to pick a geographic location your group is talking about.

Invitations

Invite people to you group by entering usernames, email addresses or import contact while creating the group or from the group details page (*)

Subgroups

Sub-groups are contained within a parent group. All subjects and keywords from a parent group are part of the subgroup. All comments placed in a subgroup go into the parent group. Other than this subgroups behave just like regular groups.

Subgroup Creation

Any user can create a subgroup from a group details view. Select create subgroup in the parents group to view the group details.

Public Group

Anyone can join and see comments

Restricted Group

Only invited members can join and add comments to these groups. You can request membership to a restricted group from the group details page.

Comment moderation

Group admins can control what comments are placed in their group. They can:
Admins can review all comment placed in the group by members
Allow only the top rated comments to be syndicated

Private Groups

Only invited members can see comments and create new comments. The group is not publicly listed

RSS

Any list of comments on the website will have an RSS icon (*) at the top. The RSS icon will link to a feed of the comment list including any filters.

Follow/Friends

Following a users is a how you keep track of their new comments. You are friends with a user when you both follow each others comments. Follow a user by selecting this symbol (*).
When you follow a user they appear in your list of followed users and their comments are identified on the website and margin.

Watch

You can watch a domain or webpage to see when new comment are placed on them. The list of pages is located in the pages section.

Places

This gives Groups and users a way to tell others where they are located. Groups can pick a location in the group details section. Users can pick a location in their profile.

Notifications/Feeds

Tell you what recent relevant activities have occurred on reframe It. Notification are Invitation and requests are displayed on the website until you respond to them. News Feed are a list of the latest activities on the system. This always appears on your comments page. You can change you News feed preferences in your profile page.

Subjects

Predefined lists of subjects organize the content on reframe it. Subject help you find the people, comments, and groups you are interested in.
You can select multiple subject for a groups
You can select multiple subjects that interest you in your profile

Contact Importation

You can always import more contacts from a social network, address book, or webmail account. Access the importation feature from your profiles pages

Sharing

Every time you view a comment on the website or margin you can share it with others. Use the (*) button to share a comment with any email address, social networking contact, or Reframe It user name.

Profiles

Profiles contain information about yourself you wish to share with the reframe it community. Edit your profile information from the profiles section.

Noted Authorities

Noted authorities are invited to the system as commentators based on their credentials (authors, bloggers etc.) Links to their other publications can be found in their comments. Noted authorities are identified by (*) symbol

Paths

Connect comments together across websites to build a sequential list other users can follow from the margin.

Messages

Send any user a message by pressing this (*) symbol on the website or margin