Re: Forums

On 1/6/12 8:30 AM, Jon Rimmer wrote:
> On 6 January 2012 15:53, Matthew Wilcox<mail@matthewwilcox.com>  wrote:
>> >  I'm not entirely convinced of the merit of +1 for posts because simple
>> >  votes don't tell you what it is about the post has been up-voted. Was
>> >  it the idea, the witty retort, the explained implementation precisely,
>> >  part of the message, the whole of the message? I think it's much
>> >  better to actually talk.
> Well, it doesn't have to be as simple as up-votes and down-votes. It
> could be possible to supply context, in the same was as Slashdot lets
> you mark posts as insightful, funny, etc. You could have "+1 good
> idea", "+1 good explanation", etc.

I've been toying with the idea of adapting reddit's open source software.

The +1 and -1 options of the voting system can be used for 
visibility/urgency.

In this manner, we would be able to +1 items that we find important, and 
then -1 them later when they are resolved, keeping active and unresolved 
threads a little more visible.

The format breaks down a bit of the length of mailing list replies; 
replies are generally going to be shorter, though there is room for 
subtopics of some length.

When and if I get a chance, I'll try an import of the mailing list 
archive into the system, to see how readable it is for prior posts 
(which would not have been formatted for the system).

-Charles

Received on Friday, 6 January 2012 17:41:01 UTC