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1. Go to a specific URL (e.g. https://discussions.sunbird.org/abc123 )

2. Based on user profile:

   1. If not logged in, user is prompted to sign-in.

   2. If logged in, and user is not authenticated to see this forum, a wall saying “Please request authorities for access to this forum.”

   3. If logged in and access is enabled for this profile, user can see the discussion forum.

3. Admin capabilities:

   1. Assign/remove moderator

   2. Delete a discussion, post or comment

   3. + All abilities of moderator + member

4. Moderator capabilities:

   1. Invite/remove user

   2. Remove user

   4. Archive a discussion, post or comment (equivalent to acting on a flag/report)

   5. + all abilities of member

5. Member capabilities (based on permissions above):

   1. Initiate a discussion

   2. Reply as a post to a discussion

   3. Delete own discussion or post

   4. Upvote/downvote a discussion, post or comment

   5. Sort posts by recently updated(default) or newly created.

   6. Sort posts in a discussion by latest / most voted(default)

Potential other capabilities to be handled in later phase

User flow (later phases)

1. Admin > Set permissions for user activity (for moderators and users separately, no outsiders for now):

   1. Create discussion

   2. Delete own post

   3. Comment on post

   4. Upvote/downvote post

   5. Report a post

   6. Mark post as favourite/starred

   7. Archive others' post

   8. Delete others' post

   9. Invite user

   10. Remove user

   11. Create subforum/channel

   Regular user capabilities (based on permissions above):

2. Initiate a discussion

Potential other capabilities to be handled in later phase

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2. Admin > Set permissions for user activity:

   1. React to post (Like, celebrate, sad, angry etc.)

   2. Mark post to follow/watch it (or unfollow/unwatch it

   3. Silence user (no new posts/comments until further notice)

   4. Silence moderator (no moderator activity until further notice)

3. Moderator > Capabilities:

   1. Flag/report a discussion/post with accompanying reason

   2. Close a discussion (no further discussion or comments within that)

4. User > Capabilities:

   1. If originator of discussion, mark a particular post as pinned (Best answer/takeaway).

   2. Flag/report a discussion/post with accompanying reason.

   3. If originator of discussion, mark it as closed (no further posts or comments).

   4. Edit post (no history needed, just an ‘edited’ text near it)

5. Users should be able to follow other users’ activity.

6. Users should be able to search for some text across the forum.

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