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Two kinds of depth
A comment is not a new ring. It is still the same conversation. A ring is a new person’s profile that we then go collect.
| Kind | Question it answers | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Thread depth | How far down one conversation? | Post → comments → replies. See One post. |
| Network rings | Whose accounts do we collect next? | People you named → people who commented relevantly → people around them |
Thread depth — one post
On every collected post we walk the thread, in order, up to the caps you set.
flowchart LR p["Post — up to 100 / account"] --> c["Comments — up to 100 / post"] c --> r["Replies — where they exist"]
Network rings — whose accounts we follow
Only commenters on relevant posts become the next ring. Off-topic chatter does not grow the network. Expansion depth is “how many extra rings”: 0 = seeds only, 1 = usual run, 3 = maximum.
This happens as step 6 of a Collection run.
flowchart TB r0["Ring 0 — you named these: brand, people, teams"] --> t0["Their threads: posts → comments → replies"] t0 --> r1["Ring 1 — default extra ring: relevant commenters only"] r1 --> t1["Their threads: posts → comments"] t1 --> r2["Ring 2 — optional, if expansion is 2 or 3"] r2 --> r3["Ring 3 — farthest, if expansion is 3"]
| Ring | Who | What we collect | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Accounts you listed | Posts, then comments, then replies | Always |
| 1 | Relevant commenters on ring 0 | Their recent posts, then comments | Default. Set expansion to 0 to skip |
| 2 | Relevant commenters on ring 1 | Same pattern one hop farther | Expansion 2 or 3 |
| 3 | Relevant commenters on ring 2 | Farthest hop | Expansion 3 only |
Keyword search is not a ring
It is a side door: paid lookups for terms from the org map and from stories just found. Hits still go through the relevance filter. Each extra ring costs more. The Mind Map can show one ring at a time.
How Community classifies a person
See also Analysis types > People.
| Type | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Influencer | Reach and following that moves the conversation |
| Journalist | Reporter or media account |
| Activist | Campaigning or cause-driven voice |
| Official | Government, brand, or institutional account |
| Likely bot | Looks automated rather than a real person |
| Individual | An ordinary member of the audience |