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Ella (she/her/elle)

Hey @bacloud14 , thanks for taking the time to write up this suggestion. I share your concerns that sometimes really valuable information might not be seen by the people who need it the most.

If I've understood you correctly, what you're describing seems to me to be something pretty close to the tags system (see this example from dev.to for what I mean). I'm curious to know how close the tags are to what you've got in mind. Maybe you can check it out and let me know?

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ba

Hey @ellactivity!

Indeed it's close, however there is no engagement and if the topic is more narrow, you cannot really feel the interest in a subject. Also there is no time component.

Just a simple example to think of,
Let's say I m good in JavaScript compatibility in browsers. I have been following the subject long time ago, and I'm willing to start a series about that, since I'm not sure what exactly will interest people, I will lunch an initial post asking for feedback, three people showed interest in "accessibility Api" and other four people in "ES6 support". I feel like mastering both, I decide to pick one myself, and even probably another developer asked for the second sub-topic to be assigned for him.
Probably there is so much engagement for a discussion forum. I am still not sure!

Actually I got the idea when someone last week asked : "whoever is interested in a code review, tell in comment section"
I then thought, where the guy will be doing the review? GitHub or here?, If here, will he use comment section or open for each one a new post. See this is also a good example of engagement leading to future topics under one initial topic.

I really think a lot and sometimes throw ideas anyhow. So it's just an idea, feel free to roast it! Or if it's in-feasible or hard to achieve.

Thanks