Groups are coming!

Groups to me will be a way to meet new people (and see new work) that don't already belong to my "extended" network. Whether they are awards, contests, etc..., I don't care. Let each group define their rules, each one can join according to his (or her) own tastes, likes and dislikes; there should be plenty of options, hopefully. And, if you are not happy, just create your own and see if you find similarly minded people!
As far as features are concerned, I hope Team Ipernity will keep the approach of allowing you to interact 1-on-1 as well as group wise. It is nice to be able to be notified that somebody answered a comment you have made without having to go back to the group thread or the specific picture to see it.
There are also many group management functionalities that can be useful (e.g., many provided by greasemonkey scripts) which could be directly incorporated in the site, but let's see how they have started to implement it.
And, once again, a big thanks to Team Ipernity!