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by dbs11 15y ago
She talks about preserving group #2 (pseudonyms) while agressively moderating group #3 (trolls). This is the most important balance to keep, and moderation is obviously a necessity. But I think there might be a way to inherently limit troll
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by dbs11 15y ago
With regards to freeversation, we're looking to implement our anonymous conversation tool in multiple use-scenarios. One of those scenarios would be to facilitate the type of HR employee feedback mentioned above.
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by dbs11 15y ago
Thanks for the interest, all good points. Even in smaller groups though, people may be able to consciously subvert their mannerisms and still get their point across. Not saying it will be easy, but I wouldn't rule it out. I agree with the p
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by dbs11 15y ago
We're planning to implement a rating system for comments. In terms of participants who contribute nothing to the discussion, keep in mind that whoever starts the conversation chooses who to invite. Presumably, those invited will be relevant
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by dbs11 15y ago
The issue of anonymous slander is obviously a big one, certainly not limited to our site alone. Having some aspect of identified group information may in fact limit that type of trolling, but that remains to be seen. Everything can be used
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by dbs11 15y ago
Appreciate the support. We're doing our best to get it out there and see how people actually use it. We created it because we think it's important, simple as that. So we definitely plan on sticking around.
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by dbs11 15y ago
that is definitely true. I think a major part of developing this type of discussion space is generating user trust. Besides trusting us, we also need users to trust each other, to keep comments responsible. It's a big task no doubt.
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by dbs11 15y ago
Maybe. The premise of this whole concept is that we don't really know most people's ideas. Even our friends may have important things to say, but we would never know about them. For that reason, I can't say it categorically wouldn't work in
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by dbs11 15y ago
just to clarify, we don't associate emails with individual comments even in our backend. Emails of those invited appear at the top of the discussion page. Each comment can be posted independently of whatever email is up there.
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by dbs11 15y ago
One of the co-founders here; we entirely agree that the concept works better in large numbers. We're particularly interested in how the site could be used for those larger classroom or office discussions, as a way to increase productivity a