Re: Forum software
| From: | Levi Morrison | Date: | Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:35:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Forum software | ||
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Johannes Schlüter
<johannes@schlueters.de>wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-09-11 at 09:16 -0600, Levi Morrison wrote:
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > I think that it could be useful for the RFC process mainly. Sometimes
> > someone will dominate a discussion but if they are doing so against the
> > popular opinion on an issue it would significantly lower the impact of
> the
> > dominator in a voting system.
>
> Then stop arguing with the person.
>
I actually participate very little -- I'm mostly a quiet reader. This is
something I've observed and think is a serious issue. As such I've publicly
asked some people to stop dominating the discussion where I felt it is
necessary.