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Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

‘Discussions’ are too narrow a term for a collection of ideas. See #2878.

While ideas should always be ‘discussable’, that doesn’t mean everyone who wants to share an idea always wants to start a discussion. Maybe they just want to put some information out there.

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‘Topic’

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Benjamin Davies’s avatar

This makes me think of “discussion topic”.

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‘Thread’

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Benjamin Davies’s avatar

Similar to ‘discussion’.

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Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

Why is similarity a bad thing in and of itself? It can be reminiscent of discussions as long as it’s less narrow.

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Benjamin Davies’s avatar

Similarity is fine if it is less narrow, but ‘thread’ doesn’t seem any less narrow than ‘discussion’ to me. A ‘thread’ usually means a reply chain.

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Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

I have found myself using this term naturally, as in ‘starting a thread on Veritula’. I believe I’ve heard others say this, too.

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‘Subject’

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Benjamin Davies’s avatar

I have an inexplicit criticism of this relating to “school subject”.

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Makes me think of “subject of discussion”.

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Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

‘Space’

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Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

Sounds like a voice chat (like Twitter spaces)

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‘Entry’

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Benjamin Davies’s avatar

I can’t decide if this communicates a grouping of ideas. Seems borderline.

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‘Note’

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Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

Doesn’t communicate a grouping of ideas.

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‘Post’

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Doesn’t communicate a grouping of ideas.

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‘Piece’

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Doesn’t communicate a grouping of ideas.

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‘Context’

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Benjamin Davies’s avatar

Too jargon-y.

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Benjamin Davies’s avatar

“Go check out the Karl Popper context on Veritula” would only make sense if you are already a Veritula user who is accustomed to using this terminology.

Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

‘Cluster’

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Benjamin Davies’s avatar

This actually seems anti-discussion. Sounds like a grouping of ideas that are only related by conceptual proximity, rather than building on each other.

Criticism of #2922
Dennis Hackethal’s avatar

Tyler recently wrote to me, in the context of a question he wanted to figure out, “would be good to Veritula this.” Cool seeing ‘Veritula’ used as a verb.

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‘Board’

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