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+# User Stories
+
+These stories were originally written at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lmktJ9qTNuslGLlE-HCsuh9S4nUrxaftqcn6jr9FNgs/edit?usp=sharing.
+
+Sage is the sample user for the following stories.
+Sage is the typical user of the OpenBoard website.
+The following stories are based on Sage's first time using the site as a walk-up customer.
+
+Sage's goal is to easily access the information ze seeks.
+
+The stories below are split into parts.
+Parts are ordered and indicate the stages of interaction Sage goes through when navigating the OpenBoard site.
+
+## Features Slated for OpenBoard MVP
+
+### Community Statistics: Ask, offer, and Member Counts
+
+Story Part 1: Initial Perusal of Posts
+
+When Sage goes to the home page, ze sees community stats: 
+
+- active ask count
+- active offer count
+
+Blocking Issues 
+
+- Add "Kind" message enums [#163](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/163)
+- Expand FndPostsReq [#167](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/167)
+- Add "Settled" and "Expired" timestamps to Post messages [#173](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/173)
+
+### Paginated Cards with Post Details and Content
+
+Story Part: 1: Initial Perusal of Posts
+
+Sage sees paginated cards containing the following post details:
+
+- type (ask or offer) 
+- status (e.g. closed)
+- author
+- title (summary)
+- description
+- creation date
+- category (e.g. "Jobs")
+
+Blocking Issues
+
+- Add "Kind" message enums [#163](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/163)
+- Add Categories message to posts.proto [#165](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/165)
+- Add "Categories" message to other messages [#166](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/166)
+- Expand FndPostsReq [#167](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/167)
+- Add "search by user id" to FndUserReq [#169](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/169)
+
+### Extended Post Details and Full Description
+
+Story Part: 1: Initial Perusal of Posts
+
+When Sage is able to investigate a particular post, ze is able to see extended details (full description in the post).
+
+Blocking Issues
+
+- Add "Kind" message enums [#163](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/163)
+- Add Categories message to posts.proto [#165](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/165)
+- Add "Categories" message to other messages [#166](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/166)
+- Expand FndPostsReq [#167](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/167)
+- Add "search by user id" to FndUserReq [#169](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/169)
+
+### Expanding on Categories
+
+Story Part: 1: Initial Perusal of Posts
+
+When Sage looks into the categories, ze sees all the available categories, for example,
+
+- jobs
+- collaboration
+- events
+- services
+- spaces
+- projects
+
+Blocking Issues
+
+- Add Categories message to posts.proto [#165](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/165)
+- Add "Categories" message to other messages [#166](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/166)
+
+### Filter Posts By Kind
+
+Story Part 2: Filtering Posts
+
+Sage is able to further reduce data by post kind (ask vs. offer).
+
+Blocking Issues
+
+- Add "Kind" message enums [#163](https://github.com/OpenEugene/openboard/issues/163)
+
+Frontend Issue
+
+- Be able to find posts by kind (frontend task for MVP).
+
+## Features Not Slated for MVP
+
+### User Authentication
+
+Story Part: 1: Initial Perusal of Posts
+
+Sage does not need to provide any credentials at this initial point.
+
+### Message and Comment Counts
+
+Story Part: 1: Initial Perusal of Posts
+
+Count of messages, count of comments, and count of members.
+
+### Location, Likes, Sum of Messagesa nd Comments
+
+Story Part: 1: Initial Perusal of Posts
+
+Display city and state, count of likes (heart), and sum of messages and comments (or nothing if sum is zero).
+
+### View Count, Tags, Comments, Private Message Count
+
+Story Part: 1: Initial Perusal of Posts
+
+There is now a view count, tags, comments, and number of private messages.
+
+### Tags
+
+Story Part 2: Filtering Posts
+
+When Sage views homepage post data, ze is able to see tags.
+
+### Filter Posts by Tag(s)
+
+Story Part 2: Filtering Posts
+
+Sage is able to look up posts related to tag values.
+
+### Create an Ask Post
+
+Story Part 3: Creating Posts
+
+When creating an ASK (a post kind), Sage inputs as a brief summary (title), "What computer science meetups are happening in this area?", a full description of the request, categories.
+
+### Post Expiration Choice, Tags, Request Location
+
+Story Part 3: Creating Posts
+
+Sage is given an option as to when a created post expires (e.g. urgent, standard), tags, Location of request.
+
+### Automatic Post Expiration
+
+Story Part 3: Creating Posts
+
+Sage automatically lets the post expire on schedule.
+
+## Backend Tests
+
+All new issues and features are expected to come with e2e and/or unit tests.
+However, for those features that do not have such tests, the following issues have been created.
+
+### Test
+
+Issue:
+
+### Test
+
+Issue: