Re: Forum software

On Sep 11, 2013, at 11:06 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: > On 11/09/2013 16:02, Leszek Krupiński wrote: >> >> >> If the forum would be a way to access the same data in a different way, it's ok. But >> the 'votes' remind me of "protests" on Facebook that have thousands of >> 'likes' but completely no impact. RFCs are a place for voting, and mailing lists are a >> place for expressing opinions. > >> > > Are you familiar with Reddit or Hacker News? Voting actually helps discussions tremendously > when coupled with the hierarchical view. For one thing, it means that useless "+1" (or to > that effect) messages are eliminated, but more importantly, it allows effectively moderation by the > community. Nobody is muted or banned, but bad ideas or "troll" posts get downvoted to the > bottom, whilst good ideas get upvoted to the top. Hacker News, in particular, has some very good > discussions. Yes, I know those sites, but don't you think that internals is a different kind of a discussion? First of all, the volume is different. We get two obvious trolls a day? Meh. On the other hand, I could downvote a person that has a different opinion than I do. --Leszek