University of Reddit

#1

Post by jayzalowitz » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 2:27 AM UTC

Re: University of Reddit

#2

Post by eksith » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 3:24 AM UTC

That's by far the most ambitious Reddit project I've seen. Moderation would have to be quite a bit aggressive, yet hopefully sensible, but I can see this as a genuine alternative the stack* forums (which I feel are a bit stuffy and too "closed as not constructive").

Re: University of Reddit

#3

Post by pasbesoin » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 3:28 AM UTC

I hope archive.org or similar will find a useful/successful way of crawling this. Such resources should be given the durability of independent redundancy (where permissible).

Re: University of Reddit

#4

Post by vecter » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 3:29 AM UTC

Pretty cool. My only gripe is the entire Computer Science section should be renamed to Programming.

Re: University of Reddit

#5

Post by eksith » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 3:35 AM UTC

vecter wrote: post #4

Pretty cool. My only gripe is the entire Computer Science section should be renamed to Programming.

There's a lot more to Computer Science than Programming. What about cryptography, machines, sensors, storage, robotics etc... ?

Edit: On closer read, I see your point. A separate topic just for programming would be more appropriate.

Re: University of Reddit

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Post by galvin » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 3:42 AM UTC

eksith wrote: post #2

That's by far the most ambitious Reddit project I've seen. Moderation would have to be quite a bit aggressive, yet hopefully sensible, but I can see this as a genuine alternative the stack* forums (which I feel are a bit stuffy and too "closed as not constructive").

StackExchange sites are meant to be for questions and answers, they aren't comparable.

Re: University of Reddit

#7

Post by eksith » Wed, Mar 13, 2013, 3:49 AM UTC

galvin wrote: post #6

eksith wrote: post #2

That's by far the most ambitious Reddit project I've seen. Moderation would have to be quite a bit aggressive, yet hopefully sensible, but I can see this as a genuine alternative the stack* forums (which I feel are a bit stuffy and too "closed as not constructive").

StackExchange sites are meant to be for questions and answers, they aren't comparable.

Humans aren't APIs. If observing Stack and a whole heap of other sites (even apps and gadgets) have ever taught me anything, it's that your creation is what your users take it to be. Not what you originally intended.

I mean sure, the "nudge" method works by locking, deleting even outright banning, but in the end, people will do what comes naturally. It's like trying to make water flow upwards on a waterfall. The natural direction of interraction is toward discussion, not just question-in-answer-out.