This is a question thread.

[Morrus]

Is it safe?

 

[Morrus]

Yep! You select the thread type when you create the thread -- discussion, poll, or question.

 

[Morrus]

This is a reply.

 

[darjr]

So it's for asking questions?

 

[CapnZapp]

So it's for asking questions?

Compare to how Stack Exchange works.

For instance, see rpg.stackexchange.com

 

[Morrus]

So in a question thread you can upvote and downvote replies. Also the thread starter can select a reply as the correct answer.

 

[CleverNickName]

It would be interesting if the top-rated responses would float to the top of the thread.

 

[TheSword]

How will moving order work with replies to other posts though. These forums don’t work on branching replies do they. They’re a stream so it could pull things out of order.

It will work well with straightforward concise responses... good luck with that.

 

[CapnZapp]

How will moving order work with replies to other posts though. These forums don’t work on branching replies do they. They’re a stream so it could pull things out of order.

It will work well with straightforward concise responses... good luck with that.

Except this new type of forum/thread is not intended as a "stream".

They're intended to house a single question at the top, with various answers all addressing that top post. The order of replies answers don't matter. Look at Stack Exchange for an illustrative comparison.

Regular back and forth (as exemplified by this very post - that is, me replying to you) is discouraged there. First off, this post would have been deleted outright since it is not a answer to the thread question. Both your post and this reply should have been posted as comments to whatever answer that triggered them. These comments are regularly removed (archived) to not clutter the page (the thread).

Yes, this means that I consider this to be a first implementation only. To be truly useful, the reply links needs to be discouraged somehow, so the question thread doesn't devolve into a regular thread. Maybe Xenforo 2.3 will rename the button "Post Answer" instead of "Post Reply"...?

Much like the development of this very thread! (Except obviously nothing is wrong here - this is much more of a regular thread than an actual question thread.)

 

[CapnZapp]

It's supposed to show the "best answer".
Or is it the best question?

Deep.