Activity Streams

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Introduction An activity stream is a publish-and-subscribe notification mechanism and conversation space. It lists activities relevant to it's entity be that a person, workspace, request, document or configuration item. A participant subscribes to, or “follows” entities to track their related activities.

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Activity streams have the following features:

Post	- start a discussion by writing a textual message
Share image	- like a Post, but include an image, from a local file or a web address
Share video	- like a Post, but include a web address that points to a video on YouTube or Vimeo - you can view it within the post
Set visibility	- you can define who can see each post – its visibility – either all Co-workers (the default), or just members/followers
Comment	- respond to a post - this can include an image or video, like a post
Ask a Question	- a special type of Post that others can Answer. Other Co-workers can vote on which one they think is best, and the original poster has a casting vote, which brings that answer to the top and marks it as the Poster's Choice
Like	- show your approval of a post or comment, and see who else liked it (you can also un-like)
Translate	- You can translate a post or comment – either before you send it (if your language is different from the system default) or when you read it (if the post’s language is different from yours)
Perform app-specific actions	- If you have other apps installed (such as Service Manager), and you have the rights, you may have other actions available on posts, such as Raise Request
Mentions	- You can highlight a co-worker in the text of a post or a comment.

If you not a member or follower, you can still:

	Look up poster	- click on whoever posted something, or where they posted it, to go to that person or place
	View full page	- click on a post’s timestamp to see that post and all its comments in a full page view
	Auto scroll	- if you want to see more, keep scrolling at the bottom, and more items will automatically appear

Activity Streams appear in:-

• Your News Feed
• Your Buzz page
• Workspaces
• Documents in Document Manager
• Organisations