Level 74
I don't think it would work, but I like the idea.
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Level 63
How would it be possible to avoid ghost posts ?
Hello,
Perhaps the subject has already been written here in another post, I don't know.
I consider some posts as ghost posts (I don't know if it's the right word to use in english).
I explain : if a member writes a post, some other people help him, and then the post's author never answers back, never likes any comment from other people, never closes his post, ...
Well ... what could be the solution so that there is no more ghost posts ? What could be any improvement on Laracast to avoid ghost posts ?
I thought about preventing a member to create any new post if he has more than X ghost posts, thus forcing him to answer, comment, like, ... and finally close his ghost posts.
I don't know if it's a good idea, this could be felt as a big restriction for some people. Perhaps it's not even a good idea to discuss this topic ;).
What about other ideas ?
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Level 63
I'm mysef also not sure that my idea would work, but it's perhaps worth thinking about a better solution ?
Level 74
@vincent15000 Agreed
Level 51
This concept has been floated around here. It's the concept of governance really. Some sites use votes to improve content. Here things are generally sudo governed by other forum members. In other words If you post something stupid it either gets ghosted, (goes unanswered) or someone tells you that it needs work. Obviously there are other cases too but generally Id say this is what I notice. This kind of self governance works because "most" people that do this go away on their own.
I've seen and heard some of @Jeffreyway's thoughts, maybe he'll share here too. But I think the general idea is that adding these 'features' changes the feel of the site. And think about it, if we wanted stack over flow me, we'd be typing in a post over there instead.
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Level 63
@webrobert Yes I agree to your opinion, this could degrade the site. And as you say the people already self regulate about this problem. Well ...
Level 75
@vincent15000 Jeffrey keeps it a relaxed casual forum which in a way is good.
There are some forums where if you asked a basic question like dealing with a checkbox, you get chewed out down one side and up another.
Whereas this forum is for highly skilled developers and all the way down to brand new to programming.
So I am okay with that. I agree it would be nice to close post, but many forums have "non-closed" post.
Edit:
I wish he would add a FAQ. Since some questions come up often, like checkboxes, etc.
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Level 63
@jlrdw Very good idea to add a FAQ.
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