This would solve derailing issues if not entirely, the majority of them. The reason flame wars and whatnot are an issue is because they clog up the page where otherwise useful replies could go. However, if when you replied to a post, it embedded itself in the post you replied to and was minimized by default as to not get in the way of other posts. For instance, take the thread by Keith. Golly and I started talking about Google+ on that thread, and it kind of derailed the thread. How nicer would that have been if we had just been replying to cheatmaster’s post, completely out of the way of the main thread, and if others wanted to read it/participate, they could.
Embedded threads would behave like this (with better UI ofc)
What do you guys think about 3d meshes on ROBLOX
I think it would be a good idea
Me too because it would encourage creativity[spoiler=replies]How people would just steal meshes from other games
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I don’t like it
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Aside from helping with flaming and keeping track of conversations, this would also encourage intelligent discussion. Instead of just giving the OP a thank you and moving on if a couple people had already posted “I like this idea”, you could just reply to the post “I like that” and not have to worry about clogging up the thread with more “I like this” and add additional reasons to your reply.