On 11/09/2013 16:02, Leszek Krupiński wrote:
If the forum would be a way to access the same data in a different way, it's ok. But the 'votes' remind me of "protests" on Facebook that have thousands of 'likes' but completely no impact. RFCs are a place for voting, and mailing lists are a place for expressing opinions.
Are you familiar with Reddit or Hacker News? Voting actually helps discussions tremendously when coupled with the hierarchical view. For one thing, it means that useless "+1" (or to that effect) messages are eliminated, but more importantly, it allows effectively moderation by the community. Nobody is muted or banned, but bad ideas or "troll" posts get downvoted to the bottom, whilst good ideas get upvoted to the top. Hacker News, in particular, has some very good discussions.
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