Finding stuff faster

[vincevincevince]

Forum 3 (30) has been a very valuable resource for me for some time. It's been fast to pick up on new developments, as well as having a nice balance of current affairs and repeats of previously touched themes and advice.

The thing I do worry about however are the long long threads. I don't think there is a solution, but what would be nice woudl be some way in which I could quickly see which posts are important out of a 15 page thread.

Slashdot allows you to quickly hone in on worthwhile reading - I think such a system is the next stage for such a large and dynamic community such as this?

Brett - if you read this - this isn't a complaint - I am a big fan - it's just an observation of what I feel is holding things back.

[kpaul]

WebmasterWorld running Scoop would be very, very cool ;)

-kpaul

[engine]

Thanks for the input.

[Brett_Tabke]

Yes, we looked very seriously at a /. style system. The old QuickBSS/CNET BBS/Wildcat Karma system that /. adopted for the old "stringy thread" style is not-2-bad.

Honestly, I am currently neutral on the idea, but loathe the programming challenge/work load to make it happen.

[edited by: Hawkgirl at 9:53 pm (utc) on Feb. 8, 2005]

[kpaul]

volunteers?

i'd be willing to get Scoop up and running on a test server at least to see how feasible it would be.

with the 'queue' in scoop (where members 'vote' on whether a story gets published) it might lessen the workload for some of the mods so they can work on community building rather than posting, etc.

lemme know ;)

-kpaul

[Brett_Tabke]

Nah - you misunderstood Kpaul. I meant modifying the system here.

[kpaul]

oops. sorry. didn't get that you wanted to roll your own...

it *would* be a big challenge...

-kpaul

[mattglet]

Honestly, I am currently neutral on the idea, but loathe the programming challenge/work load to make it happen.

Doesn't sound promising then ;)