Thread:Feedback/Hierarchical vs. Linear/reply (10)

I was confused by your original statement about being linear, but now that I see your implementation, I think it's pretty interesting. You're not eliminating hierarchy; you're just encouraging people to respond to the original post as opposed to just constantly replying to messages, which should naturally make threads more linear.

The analytic script I wrote measures thread depth, and I was indeed surprised -- even with my very early data -- to see how deep threads were getting. Should be interesting to see how that changes and what effect it has on discussion.