Recent discussion about discussions

[bossfong]

On Wednesday, 12 March 2014 at 18:30:37 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:
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> I don't see anything from that which would make it better for 
> heated discussion. A discussion is just a thread of replies.

"A discussion is just a thread of replies" is wrong I believe. 
Discussions often evolve and diverge, whilst threads have a 
static title and topic.
I see sometimes people split discussions by starting a new 
thread, which is a really good step, but it happens too seldomly.
The forums threaded view works quite well though, so that 
wouldn't be something I would complain about. The threaded view 
took some time getting used to though.

> Votes are probably the only thing missing because they 
> eliminate the need for "+1" posts.

I agree. (see, how again some button would have been nice)