# Suggestion for site improvement

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggestion-for-site-improvement/161340>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [February 25, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggestion-for-site-improvement/161340 "2009-02-25T17:04:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggestion-for-site-improvement/161340/1 "2009-02-25T17:04:58Z")

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I have seen many a thread on this site get derailed. The longer the  
thread, the less likely that you will read a post on the original  
subject.

I suggest that a tree version of threads be used. This way, when  
someone goes off subject and many people follow that thread, it will be  
a good deal easier to find those posts which stick to the subject. For  
that matter, it will also be easier to follow the posts that stick to  
the tangent of interest.

fwiw & imho

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**Author:** ![llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@llinklater](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/llinklater)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/suggestion-for-site-improvement/161340/2 "2009-02-25T18:12:32Z")

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On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Lloyd L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> I have seen many a thread on this site get derailed.

The [ruby-forum.com](http://ruby-forum.com) web site is just a front-end for a number of  
mailing lists, including the one that you just posted to (the  
ruby-talk mailing list). If you have suggestions about how the  
[ruby-forum.com](http://ruby-forum.com) web site should be managed, please send those  
suggestions to that site’s webmaster.