3 Resnick, P., Hansen, D., Riedl, J., Terveen, L., and Ackerman, M. 2005 CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems Portland, OR Association for Computing Machinery 2138-2139 4/2/2005 1-59593-002-7 asynchronous communication, online discussion, information systems, system design, computer-mediated communications <p>Online asynchronous communication is an important mechanism for sharing information, building relationships, and collaborating. Most asynchronous communication systems are dominated by a design theme that we'll refer to as "threaded discussion".</p>