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Posting a discussion:
From the top right of your homepage, you can click create, and then Discussion thread to add a post to any of your communities.
You can also click Start New Thread when you are on the discussion page of any community you are part of.
Simply click Reply to the right of a discussion post to respond to it.
You will have the option to choose between a Question (requiring a definitive answer) or a Discussion (open-ended) whenever you start a new thread. They will display a different icon depending on what type of thread they are:
Questions will be a thread with a specific answer:
If your question receives the correct resolution or answer, you will be able mark that reply using the "Mark as Best Answer" button. That answer will then appear at the top of the thread and will be marked as Best Answer. This indicates that you are no longer looking for responses to your question, though others can still join in.
When this is the case and a question has been resolved, it will also show an "answered" icon from the threads view:
Discussions will be open-ended threads for ongoing conversations:
We recommend selecting “Open-ended Discussion” if you are not sure what to select.
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