What's making ML different than other communities ?
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@scottalanmiller said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
@mobeen said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
One more thing I have observed is, there is no OP mentionings (like SW) on OP posts....to identify who is the OP in huge number of replies in topic.
That is something that I very much miss. Figuring out who the OP is can be a huge pain a lot of the time.
Other than referring to the OP by name, what difference does this make? Is it because as time goes on, you get to know them... and knowing who's asking the question allows you to make assumptions based on that past relationship?
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@Dashrender said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
Other than referring to the OP by name, what difference does this make? Is it because as time goes on, you get to know them... and knowing who's asking the question allows you to make assumptions based on that past relationship?
A lot, it has cut down significantly on people responding to responders as if their own information is what is being discussed. Before SW added the OP identifier it was a huge issue that someone would post an issue then all kinds of other things got discussed in the thread - because people could not tell to whom they were responding. It doesn't avoid changes of topic on purpose, but it does a lot to fix the accidental "I think you mistook me for the OP" stuff that was rampant.
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@scottalanmiller said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
@Dashrender said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
Other than referring to the OP by name, what difference does this make? Is it because as time goes on, you get to know them... and knowing who's asking the question allows you to make assumptions based on that past relationship?
A lot, it has cut down significantly on people responding to responders as if their own information is what is being discussed. Before SW added the OP identifier it was a huge issue that someone would post an issue then all kinds of other things got discussed in the thread - because people could not tell to whom they were responding. It doesn't avoid changes of topic on purpose, but it does a lot to fix the accidental "I think you mistook me for the OP" stuff that was rampant.
awww.. Ok that make sense.
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@scottalanmiller said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
@mobeen said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
One more thing I have observed is, there is no OP mentionings (like SW) on OP posts....to identify who is the OP in huge number of replies in topic.
That is something that I very much miss. Figuring out who the OP is can be a huge pain a lot of the time.
Ask if anyone else is interested in this idea on the NodeBB forums. It is a perfect candidate for a plugin. certainly not a core feature for the project.
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@JaredBusch said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
@scottalanmiller said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
@mobeen said in What's making ML different than other communities ?:
One more thing I have observed is, there is no OP mentionings (like SW) on OP posts....to identify who is the OP in huge number of replies in topic.
That is something that I very much miss. Figuring out who the OP is can be a huge pain a lot of the time.
Ask if anyone else is interested in this idea on the NodeBB forums. It is a perfect candidate for a plugin. certainly not a core feature for the project.
I definitely will. It's a good idea and probably really minor to implement.
