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+# Scope of where an activity may take place
+[activity.scopes]
+blog = 0
+share = 1
+catalog = 2
+stream = 3
+talk = 4
+site = 5
+
+# Activities that may occur in any scope--
+# Their values are added together to 
+# express one permission value per scope
+[activity.permission_values]
+read = 4
+publish = 2
+comment = 8
+review = 1
+
+[pub_slugs]
+algo = "randnum_concat"
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