A form of conferencing in which new comments to a discussion topic can only be added at the end of the current topic. This ensures, theoretically, that users read all postings in a topic before adding a new one.

The conferencing system on The WELL&is linear, as are conferencing systems created with such software packages as WellEngaged. CommunityWare's "conferences" feature implements the linear conferencing model.

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