I agree, but I get the impression that many of the features of Discourse have been modified or negated here. The being able to see edits, for example… and other such things from stock Discourse. I don’t think we’re getting CodingHorror’s exact ideal implementation.
Now, Jeff, correct me if I’m wrong… but the point of Discourse is to create discussion and invoke a self-moderated type of environment through use of the same controls and methods that StackExchange uses, right? That when we get likes, loves, or replies or links or something (i haven’t peered into the code there too much) that it builds a karma score that then grants us more and more powers to help guide the community. Thus good contributors “bubble up” to positions of greater import and this can raise the quality of discussion.
I may be wrong, but that was my impression of what Discourse’s homepage seems to want.
And I don’t know if that fits in with what Boing Boing wants us to be over here.
