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I don't know about that, most default forum views start with the most recently updated thread. Stuff that doesn't get any traction quickly drops off, but at le

by jcims 6y ago

I don't know about that, most default forum views start with the most recently updated thread. Stuff that doesn't get any traction quickly drops off, but at least it gets a look vs. places like reddit where new content requires support from the subset of folks that look at /new. The thing I really like about forums is that you can have long-standing threads that collect a conversation in one place vs. repeating the same conversation over and over on places like reddit. Build threads in particular, where you can see someone take a remodel or build from ideation to planning to execution/correction to completion are extremely rewarding and educational. Those don't exist on reddit, people have to build that off-site and just link to it.

scaladev 6y ago
I see repeating conversations on a couple of forums I visit all the time, precisely because of the linear nature of the discussion. Nobody is going to bother to read the last 30 pages of dialog, when you have to skip pages and pages and pages of some random flame war between two guys who locked their horns over some irrelevant thing. While on reddit/HN you just click [—] and skip whole subtrees of comments you're not interested in.
- jcims 6y ago
  Sure, but that's a function of moderation and culture of the forum. You aren't going to get something like this on reddit - https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51332.2960 https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51332.2960 You can walk through the series of these threads and get essentially a replay of history of this project.
  - s_dev 6y ago
    How do you explain that this forum format is becoming less and less common if it's superior in your book?
    - jcims 6y ago
      The friction of disaggregated content.
- abruzzi 6y ago
  thats why well run forums split off tangent conversations into different threads. I find this much more useful than the reddit/HN approach of barely organized chaos. I enjoy HN for the content, not the format of the discussion threads. I don't enjoy, and therefore don't use any of reddit.

by jcims 6y ago

scaladev 6y ago

I see repeating conversations on a couple of forums I visit all the time, precisely because of the linear nature of the discussion. Nobody is going to bother to read the last 30 pages of dialog, when you have to skip pages and pages and pages of some random flame war between two guys who locked their horns over some irrelevant thing. While on reddit/HN you just click [—] and skip whole subtrees of comments you're not interested in.

jcims 6y ago
Sure, but that's a function of moderation and culture of the forum. You aren't going to get something like this on reddit - https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51332.2960 https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=51332.2960 You can walk through the series of these threads and get essentially a replay of history of this project.
- s_dev 6y ago
  How do you explain that this forum format is becoming less and less common if it's superior in your book?
  - jcims 6y ago
    The friction of disaggregated content.
abruzzi 6y ago
thats why well run forums split off tangent conversations into different threads. I find this much more useful than the reddit/HN approach of barely organized chaos. I enjoy HN for the content, not the format of the discussion threads. I don't enjoy, and therefore don't use any of reddit.