SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENABLING DIALOG AMONGST DIFFERENT PARTICIPANT GROUPS WITH POST-LEVEL QUALIFIERS

摘要

An electronic communication service, such as a question-and-answer service, is provided in which content contributions include post-level qualifiers to demonstrate, e.g., level of expertise in the subject matter of each contribution. User views of dialog content may be based on post-level qualifier content and/or the content contributor's association with the viewer or dialog initiator. The service can implement hierarchical association groups to enable overlapping dialog with shared and unique content.