I’d like to offer a bit more detail to illustrate Jon’s “neat feature” point.
Here on the Google Discussion Group, when you start a new topic like “Conventional Sail Cover”, the only thing Google does for anyone is to announce that new topic exists and people can see the responses.
On Discourse, you get that, too, but Discourse also lets you know that five other topics might be interesting to also look at:
- Doyle Cradle Cover on NS26
- hybride stackpack sailcover
- Boat cover vs Shrink Wrap
- Doyle Stack Pack or Mack Pack
- Spinnakers, more thoughts?
Don’t care? No harm that the information’s there. Do care? Well, then, it’s kinda nice.
Similarly, when you go to create a new topic, Google’s attitude is, “sure, fine, go ahead”. Discourse, as you enter you new topic name, will try to let you know if there’s already topics that might be related, giving you a chance to decide whether you want to start a new thread or join an ongoing conversation.
For example, if I were to type in, “Replacement sail cover”, Discourse would pop up with:
Your topic is similar to…
Doyle Stack Pack or Mack Pack Google MirrorReplacement for rubstake on by 30U Google Mirror
hybride stackpack sailcover Google Mirror
Don’t care? Easy to ignore. Want to make sure you don’t ask a question already answered? Don’t want other contributors to think you’re ignoring things they’ve already said? Well, then, it’s kind of nice.
– Bob
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