1. As Tony pointed out: No upvoting mechanism. Lot of good posts doesn't
get attention because the only way for people to show approval is by
comments. I am sure there are a lot of lurkers in this forum, given the
number of its members and the fact that all we usually see is some regulars
& few newbies with questions.
2. Upvoting also helps to identify the top posts by sorting. Most commented
post is not always the best post.
3. The Google forum mechanism of bringing to top whichever is commented
last is a pitfall. In this very forum this feature is exploited by few to
litter the top slots with worthless posts. If a post should reach the top,
it should be because the community decided that it should have their votes,
not because some over-enthusiastic guy is willing to shamelessly necrobump
it over and over again.
4. If a particular user is not already participating in a thread, it is
hard to notify him. An ideal platform for collaboration should notify a
user when his name is mentioned.
5. Also lack of a wiki in the forum.
6. This is the later half of 2010s. Unlike the 90s, people consume most of
their content via mobile phones. And yet, google forums does not have an
app for Android or iPhone. The mobile version of the forum is a joke. It
doesn't let you see the comments in the tree style, subscribe to a topic,
or even edit the comments properly.
Sincerely,
Riz
On 30 September 2019 12:41:55 PM Watt <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Tony, you've given me an excuse to go over the original post again.
Here's 'the plan';
Stage 1 - (this thread) - Submissions close Wednesday 2nd October.
Collect ideas, thoughts, problems, experiences, anything to do with
collaboration on google groups. No discussion at stage 1.
Stage 2 - (new thread) - Submissions close Wednesday 9th October.
Collate responses in the form of a survey questionnaire - invite completion
but no discussion at stage 2.
Stage 3 - (new thread) - Friday 18th October.
Based on 1 and 2 publish a 'Conference Agenda' and invite 'attendence' and
discussion!
Stage 4 - (new thread) - publish Friday 25th October
Try to bring the results together in the form of a 'Conference Report'.
Each thread will include 'Collaboration' and 'Google Groups' in the title
so I'm hoping they'll be findable.
The objective is to explore methods and mechanisms that can be used
'natively' here on google groups, that facilitate collaboration on
'projects' - without any additional software.
Longwinded I know but it's an experiment and so far responses have been
good. There's still time for plenty more though so, before this thread
closes for business on Wednesday, please do post if you are a group user
with thoughts on collaboration.
Thanks again!
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