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Dennis HackethalOP, about 19 hours ago·#2912

‘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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Dennis HackethalOP, about 19 hours ago·#2913

‘Topic’

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Benjamin Davies, about 16 hours ago·#2934

This makes me think of “discussion topic”.

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2914

‘Thread’

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Benjamin Davies, about 16 hours ago·#2933

Similar to ‘discussion’.

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 15 hours ago·#2940

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, about 15 hours ago·#2941

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 HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2915

‘Subject’

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Benjamin Davies, about 15 hours ago·#2936

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

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Benjamin Davies, about 15 hours ago·#2937

Makes me think of “subject of discussion”.

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2916

‘Space’

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2925

Sounds like a voice chat (like Twitter spaces)

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2917

‘Entry’

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Benjamin Davies, about 15 hours ago·#2939

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

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2918

‘Note’

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2926

Doesn’t communicate a grouping of ideas.

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2919

‘Post’

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2923

Doesn’t communicate a grouping of ideas.

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2920

‘Piece’

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2924

Doesn’t communicate a grouping of ideas.

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2921

‘Context’

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Benjamin Davies, about 16 hours ago·#2928

Too jargon-y.

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Benjamin Davies, about 15 hours ago·#2938

“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.

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Dennis HackethalOP, about 18 hours ago·#2922

‘Cluster’

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Benjamin Davies, about 15 hours ago·#2935

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

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