Timeline for Let's experiment with town-hall-style chat events
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| May 6, 2016 at 0:50 | comment | added | Troyen | 4. Retention is inconsistent. Lots of text say chat transcripts are permanent, but rooms can expire/be deleted. Comments are there until someone flags/self-deletes. 5. Don't have full context from the Q and A and related Q's. 6. Harder to follow/check back "later" - I can favorite a question, haven't figured out how to favorite a room. All of these are much more trouble to deal with than simply typing in a box and clicking "add comment". (Maybe your question should be posted as a question for others to chime in? Don't think people who don't use chat would respond in chat.) | |
| May 6, 2016 at 0:47 | comment | added | Troyen | Would've replied in chat, but missed the TH and the conversation has moved on. Why do people not use chat? 1. Separate from the main site, totally different UI, etc. 2. Much harder to follow a multi-person chat room than a few comment threads - see the disaster in trying to read the TH transcript. 3. Navigation is weird. Some links send you to a transcript, some to a live room and it's unpredictable which. If I just want to view, why kick me into a room and have a visual announcement I'm reading your comments? | |
| May 5, 2016 at 18:17 | comment | added | vzn | simple advice to users who like to comment on stuff/ discuss: go to chat rooms | |
| May 5, 2016 at 16:03 | comment | added | Ana StaffMod | @MonicaCellio Thanks! | |
| May 4, 2016 at 22:57 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | @Ana on Workplace: what comments are not, get a room, our comments problem. On MSE: etiquette, moderation. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 22:39 | comment | added | Troyen | A large part of the reluctance to use chat may be it feels totally disconnected from the actual site. Instead of solely comment moderation, perhaps also invest in tech so having a thread continue in chat be just as seamless as continuing under a post, if not a better experience altogether. | |
| May 4, 2016 at 22:14 | comment | added | Ana StaffMod | @MonicaCellio It looks like we'll be digging into this topic during the MSE Town Hall tomorrow. Are there any posts about comments you've found particularly relevant over the years? | |
| May 1, 2016 at 2:24 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | @Mast maybe that's true on the sites you frequent, but on some of mine we have people with more than 20k rep who consistently misuse comments. SE can say what comments are and aren't for until the cows come home, but there are users -- experienced ones, not just newbies -- who disagree and refuse to follow that guidance. Maybe they're bristling at the authority or maybe they have real reasons; having a conversation rather than a policy discussion seems like it could help people understand each other. If it's not a problem on your sites, congratulations! | |
| Apr 30, 2016 at 21:12 | comment | added | Mast | Haven't we talked about comments enough in the past years? Comments aren't supposed to live forever. Those who don't get it are usually new to the site. Afar from that, commenting is usually part of the site culture. It's different on every part of SE and there's no right way to do it (just a lot of wrong ways, as long as you stay clear of those you're fine). Changing culture in the first town hall talk seems ambitious. | |
| Apr 28, 2016 at 20:55 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | @S.L.Barth sure, why not? My proposal is pretty general and can be shaped by the CMs and the people participating in the chat. | |
| Apr 28, 2016 at 20:50 | comment | added | S.L. Barth is on codidact.com | Would this also include discussing the 50 point threshold for commenting? IIRC it was hinted on MSO once that SO (the company) had been looking at alternatives for this threshold. | |
| Apr 28, 2016 at 20:28 | history | answered | Monica Cellio | CC BY-SA 3.0 |