Maybe part of the problem is that some topics lend themselves to short-form discussion, while other topics lend themselves to long-form discussion? There’s lots of great posts I read where I don’t feel the urge to comment, but do feel the urge to research a little and then write a long-form response—heck, that’s how I feel about probably a third the stuff Scott writes. But the current standard interface encourages a long-form post followed by short-form comments.
Maybe one solution would be encourage “comments” which are links to a long-form response, along with a short summary? Maybe make such responses more discoverable in comment feeds?
Maybe part of the problem is that some topics lend themselves to short-form discussion, while other topics lend themselves to long-form discussion? There’s lots of great posts I read where I don’t feel the urge to comment, but do feel the urge to research a little and then write a long-form response—heck, that’s how I feel about probably a third the stuff Scott writes. But the current standard interface encourages a long-form post followed by short-form comments.
Maybe one solution would be encourage “comments” which are links to a long-form response, along with a short summary? Maybe make such responses more discoverable in comment feeds?