Timeline for List questions - another take
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| Aug 15, 2010 at 21:27 | comment | added | Carson Myers | @Robert well we've both made our points and they aren't all necessarily mutually exclusive, but for the moment I think we should all get a handle on what is and isn't on-topic for this site. Once it's out of beta, I think these sorts of questions will find their way in regardless, and I don't necessarily oppose it. But for now I think staying true to the sites purpose trumps seeding content to gain traffic | |
| Aug 15, 2010 at 10:08 | comment | added | Robert Fraser | Anyways, good debate! I need sleep & advance wars, be back tomorrow ;-P. | |
| Aug 15, 2010 at 10:07 | comment | added | Robert Fraser | @Carson Myers -- Specific questions would be better, but the posting impetus needs to come from somewhere. Nobody is going to post a screenshot of a bad GUI and ask "what decisions caused this?"; the question brings those things up | |
| Aug 15, 2010 at 10:06 | comment | added | Carson Myers | and find a big question and numerous answers about why that concept may not be the best direction, rather than just finding a discouraging blurb about it in a thread full of people's fail. I guess what my inner programmer is trying to say is "it isn't the right data structure for the problem." | |
| Aug 15, 2010 at 10:00 | comment | added | Carson Myers | @Robert I agree that an initial influx of traffic would help, but I wouldn't want to sacrifice the integrity of the system. By that I mean, in the example you've given in the question, I think specific questions/answers would be better for the really crazy things we've seen in UI, so that various answers can weigh pros and cons and provide more well-rounded information than a "all these things are HORRIBLE" thread. While I agree that a list/poll may be suitable in some situations, I don't think it fits this particular content best -- I think it'd be better if users could search for a concept | |
| Aug 15, 2010 at 8:37 | comment | added | Robert Fraser | Re: search, I just meant insofar as finding the site itself. Google trends doesn't have enough data, but I'd guess more people would search for "worst ui" or "bad ui examples" than for "common ui pitfalls". | |
| Aug 15, 2010 at 8:34 | comment | added | Robert Fraser | "Even if it did draw traffic, it might not be the traffic we want, or rather, the traffic might not have the right impression of what this site is." -- This is actually probably where the crux of the argument lies. I personally disagree with you on this, since I feel the type of person interested in that type of question would probably make a great community member -- but I can see your point here. | |
| Aug 15, 2010 at 7:54 | history | answered | Carson Myers | CC BY-SA 2.5 |