This page is for technical information relating to the proposed software solutions, including features and limitations. The discussion page can then be used to debate the relative merits of each and to narrow down the field.
See the original google doc by Bryn.
Preamble
Wikipedia distinguishes between the following classes of discussion software:
Quoting loosely from Wikipedia: an internet forum (or message board) is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived.
Discourse
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