# Discussions Discussions will also allow organizations, groups and events to send notifications to supporters. Included features for democratic decision making will further enable asynchronous planning. {% hint style="info" %} Please keep in mind, that these designs might be out of date and do not always reflect the current state of development – if you want to help us with your design skills, please consider joining our [Design group](/activist/organization/community/circles-and-groups.md#design). {% endhint %} #### Better discussions, better decisions Our encrypted chats are great, but sometimes discussions need a different format. Voting in your general assembly on a decision is great, but many democratic decisions should not have to wait until the next meeting. Our discussion threads will enable groups to communicate, discuss and decide asynchronously, democratically and with a high degree of inclusion. #### Dedicated forums Every organization, group and event will have a dedicated forum functionality. So you can stay on topic with the people it concerns. Upvote good takes, mark the bad input. #### Get valuable perspectives Give different types of personalities the opportunity to be heard – not just the loud ones. Every member of an organization, group or event can join in a discussion whenever they have time. Our product also adheres to the highest technical accessibility standards to assure ease of use. We’re also building a translation team that can support in breaking down language barriers. #### Vote on decisions Make collective decisions by allocating votes that express the *degree* of your preferences, not just *direction*. #### Decide async You don’t want to have to wait until the next meeting to address an issue? Asynchronous. Democratic. Informed. Accessible/Inclusive. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.activist.org/activist/product/planned-features/discussions.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.