- Must all post here be Tech-inclined???
- Cant radar have an official handle??? why must @seyitaylor and @lordbanks speak for it??? Why do people consider them as bullies when they comment on posts.
- The official handle @radar should speak for itself and anything by that handle should be official.
- Can the founders make a recap of what they intend to achieve with Radar. A tech forum or just another forum.
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My first answer on Radar, because the question itself is Quora-esque! I spend a good number of hours on Quora everyday, and hereās why I donāt on Radar, at least for now.
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Radar is a little aggressive. It reminds me of that point in Nairalandās life, I think sometime around 2008, when it went to the dogs. Thereās a general ābe niceā rule on Quora that no one can mess with for some reason. You have to think twice before responding here and consider whether the answer is worth the defense youāll have to put up after.
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The A2A, upvote and credit system on Quora makes it worth it.
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The Quora community is HUGE and diverse, and there are no egos. Iāve had replies to my answers from the very top people, and Iāve been asked to answer some things by everyone from teenage lesbians to VCs. Radar needs to somehow encourage active participation by all types of people, and discourage tech classism.
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The topics are really diverse. On Quora, apart from the business and tech stuff, I follow Life, Game of Thrones, Barbados etc. I really want to know how Valyrian steel kills a Whitewalker as effectively as dragon glass.
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To be honest, the .techcabal thing changed things. I donāt remember making a direct visit to techcabal since radar, because I mostly go to techcabal for the comments anyway. Nothing is really breaking news in Nigeria. The reactions thoughā¦ that can be amusing.
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While Radar is mobile responsive, I donāt use my browser for anything. If Iām going to share my Quora hours with Radar, Iāll need an app.
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The community is still quite small. I like the fact that Iām literally one in a million voices on Quora. Chances are that, within the past 48 hours, Iāve had a personal exchange with someone who is reading this answer. You can get attacked for your answers on Quora, but itās big enough for you not to give a damn. Look at that bro here try to defend himself on that Sexism topic. You canāt just leave a conversation like that hanging without trying to clear your name.
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The topic filter thing on Quora is genius. There will be a lot of noise here at scale. Thereās something about the way replies work here as well that I donāt quite get. Duplicated, perhaps?
Radar is a good experiment; good name, good logo, well-built etc. I just wish it had no visible association with Techcabal, the community is disciplined, and that the content takes its own form. Youāre not a true fan of Radar if you donāt like Bankole, and Bankole is no Jon Snow. I like Radar, but not enough.
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Wow, your first answer??? Superstar mode activated for meā¦ lol
You totally nailed everythingā¦
Do the founders really have to explain themselves? I mean, it is their baby, why are we so bothered with how they handle it. Why must they come out with a manifesto to please us
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The classism ish is why i just posted radar on nairaland
Amsoconfused lol
i just donāt get the entitlement in the OP.
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I just want to buttress @SamuelBiyi point about the comments on radar.
Theyāre awful and Iāve got one problem with them:
They waste my time.
Itās just not an efficient system the way the comments appear under ārepliesā and at the bottom. One has to give way for the other. Personally i think the duplicated comments at the bottom have to go as they give the illusion of a very long post.
Its fine for a post with say 5 replies/comments altogether, but for the really hot topics itās a pain in the a**
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User experience on radar is A! They can take any user up on feedback and implement further, am good with this āinstallmentā.
The personal attacks on threads isnāt too strange, happens anywhere red blooded folks fest over issues, just more so with Nigerians (arguably).
On how the admins have managed the community so far, theyād agree its nothing like running checks on TC comment section.
I think the size of the community helps in this case, admins can extend a more personal touch and welcome to all corners of radar. Which isnāt the case.
And by all means they should exercise a thought or 2 on every issue, not necessarily as authorities but as a matter of moderating threads away from falling to shite, and be game to take a few bashing while doing that, remember to smile too.
To further sensitize moderation āorganicallyā, a reward system for repeated āthoughtfulā posts. Unique indicators for posts from these contributors per threadā¦ etc.
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To be honest, the .techcabal thing changed things. I donāt remember making a direct visit to techcabal since radar, because I mostly go to techcabal for the comments anyway. Nothing is really breaking news in Nigeria. The reactions thoughā¦ that can be amusing.
This is very interesting. Your entire comment is thoughtful so thanks for that. Look forward to more from you.
I think @seyitaylor said in a previous thread that this is an experiment, so we are the lab rats and canāt know where this experiment is heading. Iāll say all post should be tech inclined as that is the sole reason I come here.
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I was a once in a week tech cabal visitor because I felt it will take a week for enough interesting content to build up. With radar, Iām sure there will be something interesting everyday. Havenāt visited tech cabal in like 3 weeks because I assume all the good stuff will make it here
Moderation is Ok, but if the admins can just moderate every post, then there is really no freedom.
I believe moderation should be done by the community for example a post with much negative response from the community be moderated and if the user creates more of such posts, He/she should be suspended or better still deleted for the sanity of the community.
You are the devil. Why did you do this?
We have been trying to avoid people from Nairaland discovering Radar and you just went and seeded it on Nairaland.
Why so evil?
Lolā¦ you mean why so democratic? Just trying to kill the classism I noted on the thread. Those guys are in the industry also 