👍 Interesting idea.
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MrSoup@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Would creating a Lemmy instance with that content be enough? Doing so the already enough large Lemmy community could already interact with it.
lemmyreader@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I think it would make sense to have a specialised forum for it. The question & answer format requires data that Lemmy just isn’t able to fully replicate as it is.
Also the community editable nature of stack exchange is really unique and more like a wiki than a standard forum/braching discussion threads, where we’re presumed to have sole ownership of all of our posts.
MrSoup@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Other than marking the correct answer and having user score/badges, there is anything else?
You’re right, I just forgot that people can edit your questions and answers.
frezik@midwest.social 1 month ago
Presentation matters. Replies to posts about minor items aren’t displayed as prominently. This means the important answers are large and in charge, while debates about the merits of Rust in this situation are pushed away.
natarey@lemmy.world 1 month ago
xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
How so? Lemmy allows unlimited nesting of replies, which is even better.
xnx@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Wait what i didnt know about any community editable aspect, can you share some examples?
Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Basically any member is allowed to edit anyone else’s question or answer. The changes may go up before or after review by mods depending on the member’s trust level. I’ve had my questions changed before. It can be kind of annoying but I understand they’re doing it to maintain some level of quality.
xnx@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Is that the only difference? That feature doesn’t seem great tbh. I’d love a wiki on lemmy though especially one that integrated to the point you can one click add a question + answer directly to the communities wiki
dameoutlaw@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Seems like it would be good to request Discourse and NodeBB to offer similar features