Re: “titles”, there were a couple things we were worried about with that, still a bit unsure about:
if titles were required (or optional, but featured prominently) people might feel obligated to come up with one, and in many cases the answer might not have an obvious title, and this might discouraging people from writing an answer in the first place.
even if fully optional, titles might shift people into a mindset that’s less conversational and more formal, and we had some sense that people actually do a better job of tailoring answers to questions in a conversational setting.
I do still think that, at least some of the time, an answer does seem to have an obvious summary/short-moniker that makes it easier to handle, which would help with skimming or using the table of contents. I’m not sure the best way to enable that sort of thing in the cases where it’s appropriate without having slightly-stifling effects the rest of the time.
Nod.
Re: “titles”, there were a couple things we were worried about with that, still a bit unsure about:
if titles were required (or optional, but featured prominently) people might feel obligated to come up with one, and in many cases the answer might not have an obvious title, and this might discouraging people from writing an answer in the first place.
even if fully optional, titles might shift people into a mindset that’s less conversational and more formal, and we had some sense that people actually do a better job of tailoring answers to questions in a conversational setting.
I do still think that, at least some of the time, an answer does seem to have an obvious summary/short-moniker that makes it easier to handle, which would help with skimming or using the table of contents. I’m not sure the best way to enable that sort of thing in the cases where it’s appropriate without having slightly-stifling effects the rest of the time.