On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Jeff Sheltren <jeff at tag1consulting.com> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: >> How would you define the difference in the Q&A style posts and a forum ? >> i.e what characteristics make a q&a interface not be a forum like setup >> ( and impact usability therefore ) > > In my opinion, the Q&A type posts are really hard to read as a > discussion and ask/answer multiple questions (like a discussion would) > or have any flow aside from "here's the answer". You end up with > multiple "answers" (potentially voted up/down), and then each of those > can have some seemingly random comments below them. You don't get the > ability to "quote" posts, or have a back-and-forth type discussion > such as you would be able to do with most (all?) forum software, and > the end result is it's quite hard to read/understand beyond a simple > question and answer. Thanks, Jeff, for the note. I find the same. The Q&A style posts are far from what a forum is supposed to be. Let's forget about it for now when discussing a forum replacement. Akemi