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I guess I'd ignore the 'edit' part and avoid the issue completely.  It =
would also make it hard to do as simple metadata around a plain email.

For me tagging and voting and (i forgot) the marking the question =
answered (thanks, Benson) are the parts I would love.

I write some really good responses sometimes and even *I* have a hard =
time finding some of my old responses in the list archive haystack.

And to avoid the "tag names can be spam" issue having so that only =
committers can introduce new tags would be fine for me.  It could be a =
file in svn or something else equally lame but functional.


-David

On May 12, 2011, at 6:04 PM, Ted Dunning wrote:

> There is another factor that comes into play.  QA sites like SO also =
blend
> in wiki and trust mechanisms.  Thus, highly rated users can and do =
rewrite
> questions to be more answerable/understandable.  They can also rewrite
> answers if necessary.
>=20
> Without automated karma, the moderation function has to be granted =
manually
> which is a process that doesn't scale as easily and is subject to =
attack by
> cabals.  That way lies wikipedia's dictatorship of the editor =
proletariat
> and associated drop in user participation.  That is fine for a largely
> static knowledge base, but SO addresses much more dynamic topics in a =
way
> that engages the readership much more strongly.  Moreover, the =
feedback
> cycle essentially guarantees that the moderators reflect the interests =
of
> the voting public.
>=20
> On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 5:47 PM, David Blevins =
<david.blevins@gmail.com>wrote:
>=20
>> Another thought.  Sometimes I wonder how hard it would be to just =
allow
>> tagging and voting on top of a plain mailing list emails.  A simple =
DB with
>> the messageId as the key for tags and vote count then a slightly =
fancier
>> archive view than we have now.   And hey, markdown happens to look =
nice as
>> plain email.  I've actually been indenting code snippets for years.
>>=20
>> I admit I like getting SO points and badges but they do not factor in =
at
>> all when looking for the right answer.
>>=20