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To clarify, I think I want to find a place where people discuss the pros/cons of implementing features, hopefully in an objective way. Here are some ideas I'm

To clarify, I think I want to find a place where people discuss the pros/cons of implementing features, hopefully in an objective way. Here are some ideas I'm sure others have had before, but which I think would be interesting: Could one take the model of Reddit and make it real time? Basically a large chat room. There are of course huge problems that would have to be overcome, such as how to prevent spamming (so maybe a cool down period after each comment?), how to 'rank' up voted comments, and others I haven't thought about. The next step would be live voice, but I don't see a benefit with video. Now this next part is completely niaive and idealistic and I'm ignoring all the problems that will need to be solved but what if there were such an online anonymous community able to discuss and debate things in real time? In such a system perhaps the best 'ranked' idea (based on democratic vote, which may not be the best way...) is displayed in brighter it larger text, or lasts longer before disappearing. So, you see I would love to hear from people who may have tried this or could tell me "no, X doesn't work because then you get people taking advantage of Y".

grzm 10y ago
Gotcha. Offhand I don't know of any forums or mailing lists that focus on these types topics. One place to look for references might be at the development of chat room or forum software, looking at features that have been released/tweaked/removed over the course of their development; discussions on HN about features (how meta is that?); papers/research on social behavior and community building, peace studies, other social interaction. There's bound to be some graduate-level work on online communities, moderation, echo chambers, that might be useful as well. I had a possibly related conversation yesterday where nickpsecurity provided some ideas as well https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12776446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12776446 Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but hopefully you'll find something useful.

grzm 10y ago

Gotcha. Offhand I don't know of any forums or mailing lists that focus on these types topics. One place to look for references might be at the development of chat room or forum software, looking at features that have been released/tweaked/removed over the course of their development; discussions on HN about features (how meta is that?); papers/research on social behavior and community building, peace studies, other social interaction. There's bound to be some graduate-level work on online communities, moderation, echo chambers, that might be useful as well. I had a possibly related conversation yesterday where nickpsecurity provided some ideas as well https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12776446 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12776446 Might not be exactly what you're looking for, but hopefully you'll find something useful.