scook
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Is the Bakery just a replacement for the "Features & Ideas" forum, or is it intended to replace all of the other Cakewalk forums eventually?
I ask this because I have not seen this explained anywhere yet.
Reading http://bakery.cakewalk.com/How-It-Works it would seem the scope is larger than just replacing the "Features & Ideas" area.
Well scook, I really hope that's not the case.
Moving the "Features & Ideas" area over to the Bakery seems like a great idea. I really like this plan. Anything to improve the process for getting the best suggestions from the community to the product managers and developers is a good thing. This is one area of the forum that appears broken and needs fixing.
But moving the other forums over just seems like a decision to fix something that's not broken.
I honestly don't see how using the Bakery format for questions and discussions could improve anything in that regard.
I am also a member of several other web forums, including some on StackExchange and Reddit. But I cringe every time I have to visit StackExchange or Reddit. The StackExchange format is way too heavy handed in their moderation style, where a question quickly gets voted off the island. Reddit is obviously anything goes, and a question can quickly get lost in a sea of muck over there. They are both popular sites, but are they really more effective for questions and discussions than legacy web forums? I am all for progress, but only if it solves a real problem.
The standard web forum format, and there are several varieties, has been successful for many websites for many years because it just works. It's like the GUI in an application. Anything that slows down your workflow is not an improvement.
I am disappointed that Cakewalk would risk it's potentially most valuable intangible asset, it's community, to embark on a great adventure. What are they thinking???