Re: [bpfk] Shapado as elephant?

[Arnt Richard Johansen <arj@nvg.org>]

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 10:36:10AM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 05:06:48PM +0200, Arnt Richard Johansen
> wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 03:12:26PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > > 
> > > What do y'all think of the idea of using a hosted version of
> > > http://shapado.com/ for issues, proposed solutions, and
> > > commentary around them?
> > 
> > As far as I can tell, and correct me if I'm wrong, but shapado.com
> > doesn't support structuring the discourse into issues -> positions
> > -> arguments, which seems to be the central idea behind the
> > Elephant.
> 
> Seems like it does to me; it's got questions, responses, and
> threaded comments in response to the questions.  We call those
> issues, positions, and arguements, seems like about the same thing,
> no?

Hmm! Yes, that could work. We just need ruthless administrators that remove arguments that are posted as top-level responses, or positions that are posted as comments. It's not perfect, but as we should know by now, perfection is the enemy of getting things done.

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