I think Discourse has an excellent format for Q and A; are there any examples of people using it for a topic rather than just for a specific company?
Like a Discourse for asking and answering literature questions or something.
Thanks very much
In a discussion titled “Discourse without company,” users explore how Discourse can be used beyond corporate contexts, for topic-based communities like literature or photography. swetepete asks if Discourse can support topic-specific Q&A platforms and whether multiple Discourse communities can be unified into one app—similar to Reddit or Stack Overflow but with less toxicity and more freedom. merefield points to examples such as the Interactive Fiction community at intfiction.org and Patrick_David highlights discuss.pixls.us for open-source photography. swetepete follows up asking about federation or aggregation of Discourse sites, to which merefield links a meta discussion on federation support. Decorbuz suggests Quemuse as a potential solution, sharing multiple links to its profiles and reviews. Aisido closes with praise for the discussion. The thread reveals active interest in expanding Discourse into federated, topic-based knowledge ecosystems.
I think Discourse has an excellent format for Q and A; are there any examples of people using it for a topic rather than just for a specific company?
Like a Discourse for asking and answering literature questions or something.
Thanks very much
Loads of examples, how about the Interactive Fiction community, for example: https://intfiction.org/
We use it for the general concept of photography and processing with Free/Open Source Software over at https://discuss.pixls.us.
Thanks.
Is there any way different discourses could be combined into one app / site, so you can browse, discover and save communities on various topics?
Basically, like Reddit but without the toxicity, or like Stack Overflow but more freedom.
Thanks
This has been discussed here:
Quemuse comes to mind: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quemuse
You can learn more about it on AlternativeTo: https://alternativeto.net/software/quemuse/about/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22321042
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/quemuse
https://www.quora.com/What-are-your-thoughts-on-Quemuse
https://appadvice.com/app/quemuse/1492844731
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xyz.appmaker.ephfdn
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