Varun Adibhatla Wed 12 Sep 2012 1:57AM
On the research aspect - I am in the process of categorizing all similar groupware tools in terms of common features and identify faeture-areas where discussion could really benefit from a sort of "killer feature" - something that really enables self expression without undermining the entire discussion and keeping the UI minimalistic [easier said than done I know!]. I really think this space is the perfect opportunity to innovate with Loomio. Im yet to go through the entirety of this discussion but I will say that gingerhq.com has some of that functionality already built in.
Also I must say, I almost missed this discussion entirely. So feature request - Rich mentioned me in this discussion 9 days back and for me this adds priority in terms of responding to this thread earlier. I would like to add to the notifications when (a member of a group) is "mentioned" in the discussion.
Alanna Irving Wed 12 Sep 2012 4:01AM
@mentions are coming soon Varun!
Richard D. Bartlett · Wed 12 Sep 2012 1:30AM
Totally agree that tags could deliver pretty close to 100% of the functionality we're after Paul. Main challenge is communicating this to new users. Want to run a poll? Easy, just tag your comment as a #poll-option.
I would love to do it this way but the UX and comms around it is a bit of a thorny one eh.