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Known credentials, not necessarily. But it would put a priority on increasing the visibility of good input and diminishing the snark and bluster, and culturally
by eavc 15y ago
Known credentials, not necessarily. But it would put a priority on increasing the visibility of good input and diminishing the snark and bluster, and culturally, it would be tuned toward intelligent civility.
Think HN-style comment ranking, for instance.
However, if someone were to verify relevant credentials, then that would be indicated visually somehow such as with a small icon or a highlight color for their name.
An alternative idea I have is to be more active in curating the content -- make it a blog and disabuse common misunderstandings in a comprehensive and constructive way. A link to that entry would serve as a convenient and comprehensive way to address those issues whenever and wherever the popped up.
- kd0amg 15y agoSo if not the curated blog, what would be the difference between what you're thinking of and making something like a section of stackexchange?
- eavc 15y agoThat's a good question -- I don't know enough about SE to answer it right now. My impression of SE is that it is about asking and answering questions -- for the site I envision, the question is always implied as "Am I wrong?" and you lay out your plan. This matters because people expect questions to be precise, but that doesn't translate well to trying to find errors in reasoning unless you already have a theory.