Where are all these quality topics that are being buried by long ramblings?

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Sep 8, 2012 at 07:40 AM

In a forum called outlinersoftwareI don’t see a particular problem if “most of the conversation is leaning towards outliners”. I also do not find that the value of posts is correlated with their length, either proportionally or inversely.

The current forum dates back to 2006. The original, outliners.com was started by Dave Winer in 1999. I was a latecomer to that and stayed ever since with some periods of absence due to intense work etc. The programs discussed have not always been of my direct interest, but the discussions themselves have. I have learnt a lot about how people organise information in relation to their work and daily life. I have also realised that the information management challenge exists in all disciplines, from craftmanship to spirituality.

I don’t want to point to any specific thread in particular, though I do have my (many) favourites; “interesting” is something very subjective. What I would suggest is that you do a search on this forum with some terms of your own interest. I believe you’ll be surprised at what you’ll find.

That said, I think that our conversations would benefit from more extensive cross-referencing. Quite a few times we start a new thread on a topic that has been discussed in the past; continuity would probably support deeper insights.

Chris, any chance of “related threads” functionality?