<div dir="ltr"><div>I am not sure if this post is going to get attached to the right thread, but here goes. In regards to Luca's comment about the difference between forums and Q&A sites...<br><div><br></div><div>Forum
- a place for discussion. This could be a question, an
idea that needs to be brainstormed, complaints, gathering feedback, or
other forms of extended discussion. It is open, so there is nothing
right or wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>Q&A site - focus is only on
solving a specific problem. A topic that is not a question is technically
invalid and should be removed or closed. The best answer is often times
voted on.</div><div><br></div><div>If you think about why we go online, a
percentage of the time is because we have a problem we would like to
have answered. "What is this weird error message", or "how do I change
the wiper blades on my car". All we want is the best answer the internet
has. </div><div><br></div><div>I am guessing the efficiency of solving
the above use case is why Q&A sites are so popular these days. While
technically forums have the capability of doing what a Q&A site,
they don't have the focus that people are looking for. That is how I understand the
different.<br><br>I don't remember the specifics of
the original request with how this came up. Q&A site may or may not
be the solution depending on what our end goal is.<br></div><br></div>those are my thoughts.<br><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 2:02 PM, Luca Beltrame <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lbeltrame@kde.org" target="_blank">lbeltrame@kde.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Boudewijn Rempt wrote:<br>
<br>
Hello Boudewijn,<br>
<br>
first of all thanks for replying.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> model. The forum encourages discussion and sharing work, while here we<br>
> want to have a question per topic, answers, and a kind of game system<br>
<br>
</span>Do you think that such a way would be better suited for Krita? I ask because<br>
at least in the forums I man (not Krita, you guys are too good at it<br>
yourselves ;) I see (still occasionally though) other users stepping in and<br>
giving advice (this is most evident in the Plasma 5 forum).<br>
<br>
OK, that's not the level of involvement I'd like to see, but it's a start.<br>
<span class=""><br>
> where answers can be upvoted or downvoted and marked as correct. And then<br>
> the site must be easily searchable.<br>
<br>
</span>This last sentence warrants some additional questions: what are issues<br>
w/search?<br>
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Luca Beltrame - KDE Forums team<br>
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