Joel Spolsky said: >> We have discovered the primary axiom of online communities: small software implementation details result in big differences in the way th

Joel Spolsky said: >> We have discovered the primary axiom of online communities: small software implementation details result in big differences in the way the community develops, behaves, and feels. Q. Could you make a feature where I check a box that says "email me if somebody replies to my post?" A. This one feature, so easy to implement and thus so tempting to programmers, is the best way to kill dead any young forum. Implement this feature and you may never get to critical mass. Philip Greenspun's LUSENET has this feature and you can watch it sapping the life out of young discussion groups. << The full article available at http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BuildingCommunitieswithSo.html http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/BuildingCommunitieswi... .