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Posted by Christoph
Oct 30, 2020 at 12:21 AM
Alessandro Vernet wrote:
>If I remember correctly, Obsidian started just with Discord, and then
>introduced a Discourse forum. Do you have any thoughts on how adding
>Discourse to Discord worked for the Obsidian community?
Yes, they have both, and both are very active. Discord is for the quick, synchronous chats and ephemeral chatter, while the Discourse forum is for the slower, asynchronous exchange of ideas, and for more structured and long-living threads. It’s a bit redundant to have both, but they serve somewhat different purposes and therefore it works pretty well for them. But I think Discord is not what we need here.
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Oct 30, 2020 at 12:43 AM
I am with those who favour the familiar and the simple. I enjoy the simplicity of this forum as you do, Tightbeam, and I agree with Dr Andus. As you say, why fix what isn’t broken.
I have confidence that Chris understands what we need, and has a sense of how to implement improvements. None of the suggestions made here from time to time require moving to a new platform. Adopting a new platform really is a move, even if the url remains the same. I would respectfully suggest that it’s not necessary to leave the software Chris has been using as long as he is able to create the changes which have been suggested here over the years.
With regard to blocking a user, while that may be necessary at times, I would prefer that ability remain with Chris or, if he wishes, someone on this forum who could act as a moderator.
Just my two cents.
Daly
tightbeam wrote:
I also agree with Dr. Andus. I like the simplicity of the forum. It
>might *look* dated, but it provides everything necessary for cordial
>conversation without the clutter common to many modern forums. Why “fix”
>what isn’t broken?
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>However, I *would* like to see the forum upgraded with the ability for
>one user to block another user. While we can always just ignore someone
>who usurps the forum for his own purposes, it would be nice not to even
>see what he posts.
Posted by tightbeam
Oct 30, 2020 at 01:18 AM
Daly -
Maybe “block” is the wrong word. Of course no user should have the power to block another user from the forum. But I would like to be able to “mute” or perhaps “dematerialize” a certain user so that while his posts would still appear on the forum, I wouldn’t be able to see them (assuming I were logged in). Given the age of the software used for this forum, such functionality might not be available. Only Chris knows for sure.
Daly de Gagne wrote:
I am with those who favour the familiar and the simple. I enjoy the
>simplicity of this forum as you do, Tightbeam, and I agree with Dr
>Andus. As you say, why fix what isn’t broken.
>
>I have confidence that Chris understands what we need, and has a sense
>of how to implement improvements. None of the suggestions made here from
>time to time require moving to a new platform. Adopting a new platform
>really is a move, even if the url remains the same. I would respectfully
>suggest that it’s not necessary to leave the software Chris has been
>using as long as he is able to create the changes which have been
>suggested here over the years.
>
>With regard to blocking a user, while that may be necessary at times, I
>would prefer that ability remain with Chris or, if he wishes, someone on
>this forum who could act as a moderator.
>
>Just my two cents.
>
>Daly
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>tightbeam wrote:
>I also agree with Dr. Andus. I like the simplicity of the forum. It
>>might *look* dated, but it provides everything necessary for cordial
>>conversation without the clutter common to many modern forums. Why
>“fix”
>>what isn’t broken?
>>
>>However, I *would* like to see the forum upgraded with the ability for
>>one user to block another user. While we can always just ignore someone
>>who usurps the forum for his own purposes, it would be nice not to even
>>see what he posts.
Posted by Chris Murtland
Oct 30, 2020 at 02:42 AM
Thanks to all for the ideas and feedback.
The look and feel will be very similar, just slightly more contemporary, mainly as a result of using a CSS framework to make everything work well on mobile. The color scheme and general layout will remain the same. All URLs will be the same, and no one will have to register again or anything like that.
I think there is something to be said for having a sort of “dated” approach on a forum filled with people who do things like install DOS outliners in 2020. :-D
Hopefully it will be an improvement while remaining in the original spirit. I have a lot of ideas that should be more feasible once the code is modernized. For example, I’d love to be able to move toward a community curated catalog of all the software we discuss so people can browse by platform, features, etc. And then it would be great to also show the relevant forum discussions for each application…
Posted by Skywatcher
Oct 30, 2020 at 09:37 AM
I like the idea of the simplicity of this forum ( maybe as pointed out earlier, it is a “cozy” relief from the complexity of some of the software discussed here ). But I also feel it really needs some updating to the UI, and please, please , at least the ability to edit our posts for mistakes without having to create a new one.
As for the ability to mute certain posters, I find a certain poster rather amusing and entertaining :-) but I do understand how users find it cluttering.