核心畫面

Think of a circle drawn around everyone who uses one particular thing. The thing in the middle is a machine, a program, a service. The circle is the group. Once the circle exists you can do two useful things with it: the people inside can talk to each other, and anyone outside can deal with the whole circle at once instead of with each person.

可以想成:一樣東西擺在中間,然後在所有「用它的人」外面畫一個圈。中間是機器、軟體或某種服務,圈起來的就是 user 更多收起可以想成:一樣東西擺在中間,然後在所有「用它的人」外面畫一個圈。中間是機器、軟體或某種服務,圈起來的就是 user group。圈一畫出來,就有兩件事變得方便:圈裡的人可以互相講話、交換心得;圈外的人(廠商、管理者)也可以一次對整個圈做事,不用一個一個處理。後面幾個意思,都可以看成這個圈被用在不同地方。

Two branches

一群互相幫忙的使用者

這一組是圈裡的人「彼此」往來:因為用同一樣東西,所以有共同的問題可以聊。

noun · B2

A group of people who all use the same product or service, and who meet or write to each other to share advice, ideas, and problems about using it.

使用者社群

系統裡的權限分組

同一個圈,但這次不是為了讓圈裡的人講話,而是為了讓圈外的管理者一次處理一整團人。

noun · C1

On a computer system, a set of accounts put together under one name, so that the same rights — what each person can open, change, or print — can be given to all of them at once.

使用者群組