I still do not see the real difference of privacy groups and forums in praxis - for newbees (including myself I admit). I mean in terms of the ACLs applied to them.

The difference I would get is somthing like

• groups: (notification/write permission/... to) group members AND readable for all others)


• private groups (group members only)

The wording could be group, circle,...

Despite of the wording the only difference would be the word private.

To be honest I never really got the difference of all those groups, forums,... and their changing meanings over time or more precisly I just did not care as long as I could use the lock button.

What is the message of my post? Hmm, not sure... The most important think might be that the average (not so interested user) is able to understand. I guess most just get the meaning of the lock button right.You could just use "group" and give the user an extra lock button to indicate that somthing is really private.