I, for example, loved 180 Proof's posts precisely because he made effective use of fonts, styles, colors, etc. to emphasise the important ideas - someone could get it almost at a single glance. — Agustino
At first. If there's anything important there, I will read everything.You like skimming the text, reading only what the author presents as the important ideas. — Metaphysician Undercover
If the author is worth reading, he should at least be aware of what his message is, otherwise how can he attempt to convey it? If he's aware of his message, then I'll get an idea of it from his main points. Then if that idea is sufficiently convincing, I will read what follows.How do you know that your idea of what is important is the same as the author's? — Metaphysician Undercover
I think this is one of the things that's wrong with modern philosophy. It's not the argument - but the insight that counts. Argumentation is merely a form of presentation - maybe a way of convincing someone by tying a conclusion with other beliefs that someone already has - thus convincing them how the new belief (conclusion) fits in the environment of what he already knows about the world (premises).Most these discussions involve argumentation. In my opinion, what is important is not the assertion but the argument which supports the assertion. To put the assertions in bold is just an annoyance, like someone shouting at you. — Metaphysician Undercover
You should simply be aware that many forums are doing this, and they're not having problems because of it. There's nothing messy about centring text, using colors, etc. — Agustino
Along with reply, share, and flag, posts should have a link button, so you can refer to specific posts. — Srap Tasmaner
I liked 180 Proof's quirkiness. — mcdoodle
I'm an old arty-fart, I quite agree the forum looks ok as it is, and it won't put me out if nothing changes, but I dislike this Facebook-like conformity. — mcdoodle
I've pointed out this before:3. We should be able to mark words ot sentences and color them differently. — Pippen
One thing I totally hate about the interface of this forum is that there's no adequate text editor. I can't centre text, can't wrap text around images, use different fonts, change font size, etc. It would make communicating stuff more interesting if we had a Word document kind of interface which gave you full flexibility. — Agustino
Right - you can check out other forums then. I don't remember old PF being messy, or somehow being affected by the "lack of common standards of presentation". I used colors and headlines several times there, and it was very successful, no one said anything. I remember several people, including 180 Proof, using colors and different font sizes too! — Agustino
Agreed :D2. We should get a set of basic logical and mathematical symbols, and some more smilies. — Pippen
A lot is not so good here, but anything is better than nothing.
1. Citations should be in grey body to distinguish them better from the answer.
2. We should get a set of basic logical and mathematical symbols, and some more smilies.
3. We should be able to mark words ot sentences and color them differently. — Pippen
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