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My issue is with the top level design used (aside from the fact we seemed to have pushed it over). The root, https://community.nodebb.org/ https://community.no

My issue is with the top level design used (aside from the fact we seemed to have pushed it over). The root, https://community.nodebb.org/ https://community.nodebb.org/, is a Pininterest/Google+/other tiling Each of these forums is ultra-old-school BB threaded style conversations. It's a very weird mix of old and new ideas that doesn't work for me. The reason I don't like these threaded conversations is once they go beyond a certain length, the only people who read or post to them are those that participated in the start of thread. It's just a way of having a public conversation. For anyone coming in later they need the question and the final answer - SO. This isn't really news, there's a reason StackOverflow works, it's brutal quality filtering. I think a lot of people would still love to see a decent OS SO clone. OSQA is just dead. http://www.question2answer.org/ http://www.question2answer.org/ is the only active one I'm aware of.

scrollaway 12y ago
I'm surprising myself: I actually like it! It's refreshing to see people trying new ideas. And when I thought about the main page further, I kinda realized that a table-listing of forums is not great. Best of wishes to this project. You left a lasting impression in barely a few seconds. I'm impressed.
Mahn 12y ago
Not everything on the internet is of a Question-Answer form. There are cases when a SO style forum doesn't cut it, think for example online games/MMORPGs. That being said, I'm not digging that tiled design on the main page either. I think a list view would work fine, not need to reinvent the wheel there as long as the underlying technology is modern and robust.
lfuller 12y ago
Many forums are exactly that - a public conversation. Not everyone who makes a post on a forum is looking for an answer per se.
octagonal 12y ago
I think the Pinteresque tiling home page might work if the information density were to be increased by quite a lot. What bothers me most is how you can only see the name of the board and the two/three most recent comments. What does that provide in terms of information? Not much IMO. The forum itself just seems like the same 90's forum from yesteryear with a new glossy coating. Once you've gotten used to the Reddit/HN way to manage content you simply can't go back to that.

scrollaway 12y ago

I'm surprising myself: I actually like it! It's refreshing to see people trying new ideas. And when I thought about the main page further, I kinda realized that a table-listing of forums is not great. Best of wishes to this project. You left a lasting impression in barely a few seconds. I'm impressed.

Mahn 12y ago

Not everything on the internet is of a Question-Answer form. There are cases when a SO style forum doesn't cut it, think for example online games/MMORPGs. That being said, I'm not digging that tiled design on the main page either. I think a list view would work fine, not need to reinvent the wheel there as long as the underlying technology is modern and robust.

lfuller 12y ago

Many forums are exactly that - a public conversation. Not everyone who makes a post on a forum is looking for an answer per se.

octagonal 12y ago

I think the Pinteresque tiling home page might work if the information density were to be increased by quite a lot. What bothers me most is how you can only see the name of the board and the two/three most recent comments. What does that provide in terms of information? Not much IMO. The forum itself just seems like the same 90's forum from yesteryear with a new glossy coating. Once you've gotten used to the Reddit/HN way to manage content you simply can't go back to that.