Comment on Ideas to build a federated StackExchange alternative

MrSoup@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • MrSoup@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The question & answer format requires data that Lemmy just isn’t able to fully replicate as it is.

    Other than marking the correct answer and having user score/badges, there is anything else?

    Also the community editable nature

    You’re right, I just forgot that people can edit your questions and answers.

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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    • natarey@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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      • xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The two-tier reply system on SO is really useful and would be harder to implement – the replies to the questions, but also replies to the posts/replies. I don’t know how that would look if starting from Lemmy as a base.

        How so? Lemmy allows unlimited nesting of replies, which is even better.

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  • xnx@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait what i didnt know about any community editable aspect, can you share some examples?

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    • Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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      • xnx@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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

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  • dameoutlaw@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seems like it would be good to request Discourse and NodeBB to offer similar features

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• lemmyreader@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  👍 Interesting idea.

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