Thanks @Celarix! I’ve got the same feedback from three people now, so seems like a good idea. However, I haven’t understood why it’s necessary. For a forum, I think it would make sense—many people prefer reading the most active threads. For a discussion tool, I can’t think of any reason why it would matter how many comments a thread has. Maybe the point is to let a user know if there’s any progress in a thread over time, which makes sense.
My thinking is that the more discussed threads would have more value to the user. Small threads with 1 or 2 replies are more likely to be people pointing out typos or just saying +1 to a particular passage.
Of course, there is a spectrum—deeply discussed threads are more likely to be angry back-and-forths that aren’t very valuable.
This feels self and learning focused, as opposed to problem and helping focused, and I’m building CQ2 for the latter.
Small threads with 1 or 2 replies are more likely to be people pointing out typos or just saying +1 to a particular passage.
There could also be important and/or interesting points in a thread with only 1 or 2 replies, and implementing this idea would prevent many people from finding that point, right?
Thanks @Celarix! I’ve got the same feedback from three people now, so seems like a good idea. However, I haven’t understood why it’s necessary. For a forum, I think it would make sense—many people prefer reading the most active threads. For a discussion tool, I can’t think of any reason why it would matter how many comments a thread has. Maybe the point is to let a user know if there’s any progress in a thread over time, which makes sense.
My thinking is that the more discussed threads would have more value to the user. Small threads with 1 or 2 replies are more likely to be people pointing out typos or just saying +1 to a particular passage.
Of course, there is a spectrum—deeply discussed threads are more likely to be angry back-and-forths that aren’t very valuable.
This feels self and learning focused, as opposed to problem and helping focused, and I’m building CQ2 for the latter.
There could also be important and/or interesting points in a thread with only 1 or 2 replies, and implementing this idea would prevent many people from finding that point, right?
Will add upvote/downvote.