On Sep 11, 2013, at 11:06 AM, Andrea Faulds <a...@ajf.me> wrote: > On 11/09/2013 16:02, Leszek Krupiński wrote: >> >> >> If the forum would be a way to access the same data in a different way, it's >> ok. But the 'votes' remind me of "protests" on Facebook that have thousands >> of 'likes' but completely no impact. RFCs are a place for voting, and >> mailing lists are a place for expressing opinions. > >> > > Are you familiar with Reddit or Hacker News? Voting actually helps > discussions tremendously when coupled with the hierarchical view. For one > thing, it means that useless "+1" (or to that effect) messages are > eliminated, but more importantly, it allows effectively moderation by the > community. Nobody is muted or banned, but bad ideas or "troll" posts get > downvoted to the bottom, whilst good ideas get upvoted to the top. Hacker > News, in particular, has some very good discussions.
Yes, I know those sites, but don't you think that internals is a different kind of a discussion? First of all, the volume is different. We get two obvious trolls a day? Meh. On the other hand, I could downvote a person that has a different opinion than I do. --Leszek -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
