I fear the thread will wither and die before Friday.
What do you mean? People seem to post in the last days of the ‘week’ with a reasonable frequency, however, I fear that making the OT a daily thing will just result in more Discussion clutter, less visibility of other threads and less visibility of comments in the OTs.
I share some of your concerns about Discussion clutter and fragmentation the open threads, and think we will understand the tradeoffs better if we have a prototype in front of us.
I fear the thread will wither and die before Friday.
What do you mean?
The previous open thread had 330 comments in its lifetime. The latest open thread had 156 comments on its first day. By ‘withering’, I mean an open thread half spent on its first day.
The latest open thread had 156 comments on its first day.
For the record I guess that one of the main reasons for this is that some posters wait in order to make threads on the first day so they can get more exposure.
What do you mean? People seem to post in the last days of the ‘week’ with a reasonable frequency, however, I fear that making the OT a daily thing will just result in more Discussion clutter, less visibility of other threads and less visibility of comments in the OTs.
I share some of your concerns about Discussion clutter and fragmentation the open threads, and think we will understand the tradeoffs better if we have a prototype in front of us.
The previous open thread had 330 comments in its lifetime. The latest open thread had 156 comments on its first day. By ‘withering’, I mean an open thread half spent on its first day.
For the record I guess that one of the main reasons for this is that some posters wait in order to make threads on the first day so they can get more exposure.