(see also the Thread Survey)
Question: What sorts of artifacts could results from various kinds of forum threads?
| Thread purpose | Representative or notable examples | Possible resulting artifacts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| collection | Gallery, Sorted/Ranked List, Top X and why | ||
| conversation | Combination of other thread purposes | A conversation in practice is a thread which runs with multiple purposes over its lifespan. | |
| coworking | Timesheet/spreadsheet, leaderboard of most productive people, calendar of what people have worked on | ||
| directory | Itself | Directories are already an artifact, just hosted on a forum post. | |
| inform | Composite article of original info and elaboration by forum members, reactions gallery | ||
| livethread | Timeline of events, composite article of member contributions | ||
| poll | Numerical poll results, same but with write-ins | ||
| proposal | What stakeholders think of the proposal and summary of surrounding discussion (wiki article) | ||
| question | The best answer(s) to the question along with the original query, contribution to part of an article dealing with the question or new article entirely. | ||
| shitposting | Highlight gallery of the funniest moments, screenshots, etc. |
