10 votes

Discussion about the future of this group, specifically non-link discussion threads

Posted by sqew
Tags: meta, ask, discussion

Not sure if anyone will remember by now, but a few months ago I made a philosophical discussion thread in ~talk since a group like ~humanities didn't exist yet. I was super excited by all of the great discussion that I was able to join in, and now that we have ~humanities (thanks @Deimos!), I'm wondering how people would feel about some threads for more general discussion of various questions as opposed to the mostly link-based discussion that's gone on here so far.

Would anyone else be interested in that sort of thing? I'd be more than happy to start a few threads up over the next few days if people are interested.

6 comments

  1. cptcobalt
    Link
    I vote yes. I don’t have much else to add other than “yes”, but I’m up for philosophical discussion, especially in threads I can read closely and can glean information.

    I vote yes. I don’t have much else to add other than “yes”, but I’m up for philosophical discussion, especially in threads I can read closely and can glean information.

    5 votes
  3. EightRoundsRapid
    Link
    Can't hurt to try, can it? I say go for it.

    Can't hurt to try, can it?

    I say go for it.

    3 votes
  4. [3]
    lag
    Link
    Why not have both?

    Why not have both?

    1. Algernon_Asimov
      Link Parent
      I don't think @sqew was suggesting that we stop posting articles and studies. I believe they were asking if we wanted discussion posts in addition to link posts. Their wording ("as opposed to") is...

      I don't think @sqew was suggesting that we stop posting articles and studies. I believe they were asking if we wanted discussion posts in addition to link posts. Their wording ("as opposed to") is a little ambiguous, but I don't get the sense they want to stop link posts.

      1 vote
    2. sqew
      Link Parent
      I'm definitely not advocating for link based posts to go away, as I've really enjoyed many of the articles that have been posted here. Just hoping that we can get some other types of discussion...

      I'm definitely not advocating for link based posts to go away, as I've really enjoyed many of the articles that have been posted here. Just hoping that we can get some other types of discussion threads going alongside those.