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    "back-and-forth discussion" - They should probably totally drop that and use Discourse. :P Commented May 8, 2014 at 13:17
  • @TimStone -1, not enough jQ--- Commented May 8, 2014 at 13:18
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    It would probably help if these sites were hidden from places like the site switcher drop-down (at least for users who don't have an account on those sites), and if the design was tweaked somehow to make it clearer to random SE users who stumble upon them that they're not really normal SE beta sites. Commented May 8, 2014 at 15:49
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    @IlmariKaronen, I agree. We'd planned to that, actually for the test, but it proved more complex than anticipated. Commented May 8, 2014 at 16:03
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    @Illmari That's a classic solution to an XY problem. The "problem" is how to hide beta sites that are using Stack Exchange as a forum. The solution is stop using it as a forum and use a more applicable platform... Or train the user's in what a Q&A site is actually meant to do. Commented May 8, 2014 at 21:18
  • @timstone, I don't think you're off base - half of what they're doing benefits from ordered answers (us) and the other half would probably work better with the way discourse has finally (to my view) found the chrono/threaded goldilocks solution. But TWO engines wouldn't make a ton of sense. If SE doesn't work for them discourse seems the obvious next one to try. Commented May 9, 2014 at 12:32
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    Just curious, was there any progress in the half year that passed? Commented Dec 7, 2014 at 15:16
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    @shadow, honestly? Not a ton. It's a bit of a weird fit in a few ways, but so far, they've found it to be a better solution than other things they've tried, so we continue to be interested in helping. I guess it's now a "medium-term" experiment. :) Commented Dec 7, 2014 at 17:42
  • Nice, I guess... will it ever become part of Stack Exchange, i.e. listed among the other sites? Commented Dec 7, 2014 at 18:30
  • @LegoStormtroopr Not quite. As an example, ask.sagemath.org (Q&A site but not SE) still allows confirmed bugs as questions, which is usually answered by someone who patches the bug or provides a workaround. It's a way how to allow general users not aware of the trac to file bugs. It works fine, as long as the site is not too large. Commented Dec 20, 2014 at 18:47
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    @ShadowWizard, that class was essentially time-limited, and they stopped using it, so we gave them a heads-up and shut it down. The other one remains active, so we're not makin' any changes there for now. Commented Jun 11, 2015 at 18:25
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    @Jaydles: Some of the links to edx are still accessible, while some are not, which is quite weird. These for examples: edx-cs169-1x.stackexchange.com/questions/458/… edx-cs169-1x.stackexchange.com/questions/240/… Commented Jun 16, 2015 at 11:00
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    @Jaydles Any updates on this experiment? Commented Jul 1, 2017 at 17:58
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    @edwinksl, yeah, this post is probably pretty stale. Lemme have someone who's actually in the loop on this take a look and update this! Commented Jul 6, 2017 at 13:32
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    @edwinksl I updated the post. Let me know if you have any questions. Commented Jul 6, 2017 at 14:10