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They also need to give everyone a default "IANAL" badge, which they lose if they're photographed holding 1) a piece of paper saying "Hi, LawDiscuss.com, I'm $username!" and a legible law school diploma.
They also need to give everyone a default "IANAL" badge, which they lose if they're photographed holding 1) a piece of paper saying "Hi, LawDiscuss.com, I'm $username!" and a legible law school diploma.
I'm honestly surprised some sort of "Legal Overflow" site wasn't created earlier, so props to these guys for giving it a shot. Based on the responses it looks like they already have a few guys with a legal background prepared to answer questions as best as they can, so maybe that will provide the "seed users" they need to provide value. Whether those guys are experienced legal professionals or just some buddies in la…
Something about the whole Stack Overflow/Exchange-type answer site look is very off-putting.
- The badge system rewards good answers.
- The most popular questions and answers float to the top.
- The accepted answer gets floated to the top.
- Questions and answers can be edited by other users for clarification
- Community wikis provide invaluable information from users about certain topics that aren't question based
- The site is fast and responsive.
My only complaints are based on reviving topics. Old topics seem to be forgotten. But if you try to repost an old topic for some updated answers, the question is closed because of reposting.
kyro, what have you found to be very off-putting?
I wanted to address a few concerns - I am building up a stable of attorneys, new and experienced to answer questions so the people answering your questions on our site aren't just a bunch of clueless law students. I know our design isn't that great (I'm not much of a designer) but we are going to work on it. George Grellas - you are right to point out that the quality will be variable and this will never replace a talented, experienced attorney (like yourself) that is necessary for startups seeking capital; I can't guarantee I will know something about every question, but we are shooting for it as a resource. I will keep checking this thread but thank you all for the support and I hope you will find this useful.
Looks like it has some growing pains. Most of the links at the top jsut link back to the main page. Alot of people have the "Tumbleweed" badge - "Asked a questions with no answers, no comments, and low views for a week". It's an interesting idea but I'm not sure how many lawyers who normally charge hundreds of dollars an hour to answer stuff like this will really decide they want to do it for free. I'd like to see it…
To say nothing of the fact that laws are radically different in each jurisdiction. A correct answer for Palo Alto would say nothing about a legal situation in Toronto. While the site's term of use cover the "duty of care" stuff, I see a lot of potential pitfalls for lawyers using this site and not many benefits.
Something about the whole Stack Overflow/Exchange-type answer site look is very off-putting.
What is off-putting about it? Please elaborate as I've found SO very, very helpful. Specifically, these points have made the site so helpful: - The badge system rewards good answers. - The most popular questions and answers float to the top. - The accepted answer gets floated to the top. - Questions and answers can be edited by other users for clarification - Community wikis provide invaluable information from users…
The first few sentences of each answer are disclaimers and add a lot of noise. Any way to push the disclaimers to the end of the answers?