One moot to rule them all: How Yoomoot merges wikis, forums, comments, blogs and bookmarks into a single format

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Problem: Inconsistent collaboration formats
Onlinecollaboration tools typically feature a variety of different collaboration formats. It's often unclear whether your contribution should best be posted as a blog post, a wiki, a forum thread, a comment or even a social bookmark. And then it's hard to keep track of everything, because each format operates by its own notification and navigation rules. Yoomoot merges comments,wikis, forums, blogs and social bookmarks intoone simple and flexible format

Moots are like wiki pages
Bydefault, Yoomoot users can edit one another's moots. Edits to a mootcan be viewed and conveniently undone via the moot's history interface. Meanwhile, moderators have the power to reorganize moots in a more logicalway (for example by breaking up an article into questions and answers).

Moots are like comments
Two types of moot, questions andanswers, can be added as replies to other moots, including other questions and answers, so thatdiscussions can be extended indefinitely and have many tangents. In others, these moots are like comments and forum posts.

Moots are like social bookmarks
yoomootcan be used to bookmark interesting web pages and post them to theyoomoot website for everyone to see. Bookmarks are one of the fourkinds of moot.

Moots are like blog posts
Moots that you create or co-author appear on yourprofile page. Your fans can track these moots via an RSS reader or viayoomoot's 'favorite users' interface. Effectively, Yoomoot providesyou with a blog (albeit where every post issimultaneously a self-sufficient item and a part of a widerconversation).

Moots go through a personalized human filter
Your profile also includes your'recommendations': moots you agree with or recommend reading. Your 'favorite users' page amalgamates all your friends' recommendations. Thusyoomoot can be used as a Twitter-like system of spreading quality contentbetween friends.

Moots are consistent
The four types of moot – article, bookmark,question and answer – all share the same basic features, making theprocess of organizing and accessing your 'collaborative documents','comments', 'social bookmarks', 'blog posts' and recommendations muchsimpler than on traditional social media sites.