Using a Discussion
You can use a Discussion to share information with your coworkers and to keep shared documents in a central location. You can create and save documents such as text messages, links to Web sites, and file attachments so that your coworkers can view them and respond. You can also use Sametime to chat with others who are working in the Discussion.
Privacy
Usually, everyone in the Discussion can see the documents that you create. However, you might want to create documents that are not seen by other Discussion participants. For example, you might want to keep a draft of a document private until you have finished working on it.
A Discussion allows you to create private documents that only you can see. When you create a private document, the word "PRIVATE" displays in the subject line of the document. Other users can see the subject line, but they cannot view the document. When you are ready, you can choose to share a private document with other Discussion participants.