[OT] Re: Why D isn't the next "big thing" already

[LaTeigne via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Saturday, 30 July 2016 at 23:11:23 UTC, Seb wrote:
> On Saturday, 30 July 2016 at 22:52:23 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>> On Saturday, 30 July 2016 at 12:30:55 UTC, LaTeigne wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 30 July 2016 at 12:24:55 UTC, ketmar wrote:
>>>> On Saturday, 30 July 2016 at 12:18:08 UTC, LaTeigne wrote:
>>>>
>>>> it you think that you know the things better than somebody 
>>>> who actually *lived* there in those times... well, keep 
>>>> thinking that. also, don't forget to teach physics to 
>>>> physicians, medicine to medics, and so on. i'm pretty sure 
>>>> that you will have a great success as a stupidiest comic 
>>>> they ever seen in their life.
>>>>
>>>> also, don't bother answering me, i won't see it anyway.
>>>
>>> Fucking schyzo ;)
>>> Have you took your little pills today ?
>>
>> Well this is beautiful marketing for the language. At some 
>> point, the leadership will need to put away ideology and get 
>> realistic about what belongs on this site.
>
> I would love to see the forum evolve into something similar to 
> reddit, where everyone can judge the value of a comment/thread 
> and off-topic threads (or threads with low-values) get 
> down-voted very quickly. It might also help to avoid such 50 
> pages threads (like auto-decoding) as the most-important thread 
> stays on top and newcomers to the discussion don't have to read 
> everything to get the gist.

Preliminary documentation work:

https://medium.com/hacking-and-gonzo/how-reddit-ranking-algorithms-work-ef111e33d0d9#.vawc5kat8

And you wan submit the result on Pantallex DFeeds.

The widget on the homepage must use something similar (except for 
up/down) votes. So at least 10 replies + something with the age 
of the topic. [OT] is usally a good hint about the quality of the 
topic but people must remember to add it when they slide.