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Task	Goal	Frequency	Effort	Others Involved
Have a Group Conversation	Converse with a closed group	rarely	medium (setup/allow users)	Other group members
Have a Public Conversation	For general discussions	semi-often	easy (name and go)	Anyone
Have a Private Conversation	For private communication	often	easy	The recipient

Task	Goal	Frequency	Effort	Pitfalls	Others Involved
Join	Join a group conversation	sometimes	medium	Requires the controller to add the user to the conversation	Controller
Leave	Remove oneself from a group	sometimes	easy	Unsafe (for security reasons, undo will be impossible).
Send	Send a message to a group	often	easy	Potential to send message to wrong person.	The group
Receive	Receive a message	often	none		The group
Log	Keep a log of messages	background	none	Some users may not want to be logged. Removal must be thorough.

Task	Goal	Frequency	Effort	Pitfalls	Others Involved
Join	Join a group conversation	sometimes	medium	Requires the controller to add the user to the conversation	Controller
Leave	Remove oneself from a group	sometimes	easy	Unsafe (for security reasons, undo will be impossible).
Send	Send a message to a group	often	easy	Potential to send message to wrong person.	The group
Receive	Receive a message	often	none		The group
Log	Keep a log of messages	background	none	Some users may not want to be logged. Removal must be thorough.

Task	Goal	Frequency	Effort	Pitfalls	Others Involved
Join	Join a group conversation	sometimes	medium	Requires the controller to add the user to the conversation	Controller
Leave	Remove oneself from a group	sometimes	easy	Unsafe (for security reasons, undo will be impossible).
Send	Send a message to a group	often	easy	Potential to send message to wrong person.	The group
Receive	Receive a message	often	none		The group
Log	Keep a log of messages	background	none	Some users may not want to be logged. Removal must be thorough.

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