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+++ Ties

++++ Introducing ties


In AROUNDMe you participate. For instance, you can subscribe to a blog or space, attend an event or join a group. By joining a group with other poeple you participate in that group with them, theus you create a tie between you and each of them. Of course you may not know them well at this time, hence we call this "a weak tie".

Over time you may converse with them, discover that you have a share interest and build a respect for them. If they feel the same this respect becomes mutual at which point the tie becomes "a strong tie".

In any module in AROUNDMe you can mark people you wish to show respect to. They do not know this. If they do the same to you a strong ties is made at which point you both can see that.

In any module you may wish to invite in a selection of people from other modules. You can carry a selection of people around that you show respect to by making them "portable".


[[# s_tie]]
++++ Strong tie between two people
There is a strong tie between the two people shown. Next to it is a set of numbers, the one on the left shows the number of strong ties they share between them and the one on the right is the number of weak ties they share.

[[# third_party_connection]]
++++ Strong set of ties linking you to them
You have strong ties with someone and they may have ties with someone else. You can work out how best to network to that person by following the best (highest numbered) path. Sometimes you have strong outbound connections (or ties) and sometimes that person you know has a strong relationship with the person you want to know, hence they have strong incound connections (or ties).

[[# matrix]]
++++ The matrix of ties between two people
The matrix details the nature of the ties between two people. Any tie with an astix appended to it mean you also participate in the source of the tie.