[Developers] Ontological forum?

[Shawn Simister]

Kirrily Robert wrote:
> On 9/11/07, Sarah Milstein <sarah at metaweb.com> wrote:
>   
>>  So as Robert noted, one possibility--and it's available right now--is to
>> start threads on the existing data modeling guide. In addition to immediacy,
>> this spot has the advantage of collecting info in an area where other
>> Freebasers will look in the future. The disadvantage is that we don't yet
>> have RSS for individual discussions, so you'd have to check back for
>> updates.
>>     
> I'd say that RSS feeds and/or email notification for discussions were
> pretty much at the top of my wishlist for FB right now.  It's one of
> the things that makes it hardest to use, having to manually go and
> check for messages somewhere where I'm not already looking.  And I'm
> betting that heaps of people never know about replies they get, or
> discussions that might be of interest to them, and hence don't stay
> involved as much as they might
>>  If there's a preference for listserving these conversations, we could keep
>> them on this list for a little while (a week? a month?) until there's
>> critical mass to spawn a new list. Or, if there's the desire for such a list
>> right now, we can set one up. We do, of course, keep archives of the list/s,
>> but at the moment, they're separate from Freebase.com.
>>     
> Sounds good to me.  I think that quick little off-the-cuff comments
> are well suited to FB itself, but in-depth discussions are better in
> email.
>
> K
I'll second both those points. Email alerts would be a big help.

Shawn
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