On 2020-04-13, Tom Dial <[email protected]> wrote: > > 3. I also know nothing about Discourse. Although the remarks so far in > the thread don't particularly make me want to use it, I don't find the > idea entirely abhorrent.
Color me stupid but I mosied over to the test site and couldn't figure out how to post. Maybe you gotta sign up (that must be it). My current Trust Level: Totally Untrustworthy. Badges? We ain't got no badges! We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinking badges! Some Discourse "badges": Higher Love Used 50 likes in a day 5 times Nice Share Shared a post with 25 unique visitors Anniversary Active member for a year, posted at least once Good Reply Received 25 likes on a reply Nice Topic Received 10 likes on a topic Lord Jesus. Isn't this kind of Pavlovian mind-fuck derived from Facebook et. al. (I don't participate in any of that, being anti-social and all, so I'm unsure). At any rate, my primary sentiment is one of embarrassment.

