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Life & fun · October 2, 2016

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Slack + Discourse + StackOverflow = EffectiveDiscussions

Hi, I've combined features from Slack (chat software), Discourse (forum software) and StackOverflow (question-answers) into a single piece of software, EffectiveDiscussions. EffectiveDiscussions solves some problems here at HN that annoy me, and you too I would think: 1) When you return to a topic, how do you find the comments added while you were away? 2) It's hard to find the parent comment, if it's far away. Then, once you've found it, it's hard to find the comment you were reading before, somewhere far away downwards. 3) Downvote because disagree or not? Solutions & demo:…

Slack + Discourse + StackOverflow = EffectiveDiscussions launched on October 2, 2016 with 5 votes and more than 50% of that year's launches.

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Hi, I've combined features from Slack (chat software), Discourse (forum software) and StackOverflow (question-answers) into a single piece of software, EffectiveDiscussions. EffectiveDiscussions solves some problems here at HN that annoy me, and you too I would think: 1) When you return to a topic, how do you find…

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