This thought is brought on by the seemingly small number of top level posts that people try to make (given how many members we have). Are people refraining from posting after they see that one such thread gets voted down?
Having posted five top-level posts so far and having two half-written ones pending, I’d estimate that writing a good post takes me about 20 times as much time and effort as writing a long comment. Many people simply can’t commit that much time, or can’t maintain focus for that long. I don’t think fear of rejection is the problem.
I’d estimate that writing a good post takes me about 20 times as much time
and effort as writing a long comment. Many people simply can’t commit that much
time [...] I don’t think fear of rejection is the problem. (my emphasis)
I take nazgulnarsil’s comment as suggesting that there may be value to more people writing posts that aren’t necessarily “good”… in which case that sort of rejection may not be optimal.
Having posted five top-level posts so far and having two half-written ones pending, I’d estimate that writing a good post takes me about 20 times as much time and effort as writing a long comment. Many people simply can’t commit that much time, or can’t maintain focus for that long. I don’t think fear of rejection is the problem.
I take nazgulnarsil’s comment as suggesting that there may be value to more people writing posts that aren’t necessarily “good”… in which case that sort of rejection may not be optimal.