💬 Community & Forum Context
Overview
The Forum Context provides a space for citizens to share ideas, suggestions, concerns, and discussions related to civic life.
It enables community interaction while maintaining safety through moderation, reporting, and administrative oversight.
In simple terms, this context answers:
How can citizens communicate and discuss civic topics safely?
🎯 Responsibilities
The Forum Context handles:
- Creation and management of community posts
- Commenting and discussion threads
- User reactions (likes)
- Reporting of inappropriate content
- Moderation actions by administrators
- Issuing user warnings for violations
This context focuses on expression and discussion, not governance decisions.
🧩 Owned Models
| Table | Description |
|---|---|
forum_posts |
Community discussion posts |
forum_comments |
Comments under posts |
forum_reactions |
User reactions (likes) |
forum_reports |
User-submitted content reports |
moderation_logs |
Moderator/admin actions |
user_warnings |
Behavioral warnings issued to users |
🔗 Relationship Overview
- A post is created by a user
- Posts may have multiple comments
- Users may react to posts
- Content may be reported by users
- Moderators review reported content
- Moderation actions are logged
- Warnings may be issued for violations
The forum maintains a moderated but open discussion environment.
🖼️ Context Diagram
This diagram illustrates community interaction flow and moderation oversight within the forum.
🧠 Design Notes
- Posts and comments support soft deletion to preserve discussion history.
- Reporting is user-driven to encourage community self-regulation.
- Moderation logs ensure transparency of administrative actions.
- Warnings are tracked separately to support escalation policies.
- Forum content is intentionally separated from official civic workflows.