# Forum (Reddit)

*Forum* is a channel that replicates social forums such as Reddit. In this channel, information is organised in Communities, where personas and players can contribute posting content, searching for information and investigating profiles.

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For available actions for players in the Forum channel, visit the page below:
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Reproduce an online ecosystem based on communities, where information is categorised by topic and ranked by community votes.
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* Players can create their own communities or posts
* Content is ranked by votes and engagement can be spoofed
* Enables social drill down for profile investigation
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## Users and Communities

In Forum, there are two different entities, Users and Communities. They are differentiated by the letter prior to the username: u/ identifies a user and r/ identifies a community.

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They represent an individual (a player or a persona) or a brand

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Dedicated threads to talk about a specific topic

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## Create a Forum community&#x20;

### 1. Navigate to Communities

Navigate to `Configuration` and `Channels`, select Forum and see Communities in the right-hand panel:

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### 2. Complete the community page&#x20;

Complete the Community page with:

* Name
* Handle (r/)
* Description
* Creation date
* Stats (Number of members, members online and no. of posts)

You can also decide which type of community you would like to create:

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{% tab title="Public" %}
Everyone can view the community and submit posts.
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{% tab title="Restricted" %}
Everyone can view the community, but users will need to be approved by the moderators to submit posts.
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Only users approved by the moderators can view and submit posts.
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### 3. Create a moderator

Click on the *Community moderators* field to get a dropdown of available personas. Select which ones you want to give Moderator permissions.

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For personas assigned as Moderators, make sure impersonation is set up. This allows players assigned those positions to role-play as that persona and therefore moderate that community.&#x20;
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### 4. Historical content&#x20;

Create historical content for the community so it is populated before the exercise begins:

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## Forum Styling&#x20;

In `Configuration`, navigate to `Player desktop` and locate Forum. Here, you can configure the style of Forum, customising the icons for Home, Create Post, and Create Community:

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