4 ms·
I've wanted to create something like this for a long time. I've always wanted a threaded system where you can respond to a single line of text. One thing I won
by SamBam 2y ago
I've wanted to create something like this for a long time. I've always wanted a threaded system where you can respond to a single line of text.
One thing I wonder is how this can best be extended to argumentative discourses where much of the discussion is a dispute of facts. Of course you could do that with this, but it won't be clear looking at the comment tree whether people agree on what facts, if any, are correct.
I wonder if this could be extended (or have a mode) that requires consensus on whether a thread is concluded (instead of one person deciding), which could be as simple as keeping the current UI but allowing the people the option to re-open threads; and the ability to attach summary statements to threads which percolate up to the thread's branch point.
- photonthug 2y ago> One thing I wonder is how this can best be extended to argumentative discourses where much of the discussion is a dispute of facts. This is what I always think about when the topic of structured argument/discussion comes up, but everyone wants to focus on aspects of the threading. We are still totally missing a n obvious layer or organization, such as splitting sub comments into categories like disputes-parent and supports-parent and asks-clarification and elaborates-parent. We’re missing flags for ad-hom and logical fallacies and all the nuance of discussion has degenerated into up/down votes . And we are missing the ability to collapse or zip up any finished meandering paths once there is consensus/clarity on the subtopic. Since all we do is debate bullshit on the internet it’s surprising that we’re still so disorganized and ineffective at it! There’s definitely a sweet spot somewhere between this baby talk that we’re all engaged in and the rigors of things like lawyery jargon / math / Loglan. But we’re not even close yet.