Ludachris
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My suggestion is simple - build AI into the POST THREAD process so that when the user clicks the "Post a Thread" button from anywhere on the site, they're taken to a form and don't have to choose from a long list of forums/subforums where the thread gets posted, AI would do it for them. The user is able to just type their post and click submit. It would no longer be necessary to have the user choose where to post the thread, and we could then put that button in the main navigation menu and not worry about threads being posted in the wrong place.
This would solve one of the things people complain about a lot with forums these days - not being able to quickly post a question or share content they wanted to share because they have to try and figure out where the thread should be posted. And that friction point is enough to slow down participation, especially when the common user experience on most social platforms makes it quicker and easier to post questions and share content quickly. It would also help admins keep things organized.
This could be expanded on as well, having the AI helper scan the post for grammar errors, suggest a better title, offer follow up prompts to help improve the post to get better responses (especially if it's a question), add in hashtags, auto tagging other members who tend to respond to similar threads, or auto tag members with high reputation, etc.
Down the road, this same model could be leveraged to have AI help organize existing/older threads and move them around to more appropriate forums/subforums, or add prefixes/tags that are appropriate for better content discovery. If questions go unanswered, add a prefix to them or move them to an "unanswered" subforum to unclutter the search results and make it easier to find content that has more value.
The obvious uses are to have AI help answer questions or summarize thread content, which has been discussed already, but I think forums could benefit IMMENSELY by having AI help simplify the posting process, which is becoming way more necessary with all the members who don't understand forums too well (a huge contingent out there now). We all know that social media apps will be leveraging this more and more in the near future in the next generation of online communities. It also has the potential to help organize the content better through moderator functions/actions, which could be logged, rate limited, and overridden.
This would solve one of the things people complain about a lot with forums these days - not being able to quickly post a question or share content they wanted to share because they have to try and figure out where the thread should be posted. And that friction point is enough to slow down participation, especially when the common user experience on most social platforms makes it quicker and easier to post questions and share content quickly. It would also help admins keep things organized.
This could be expanded on as well, having the AI helper scan the post for grammar errors, suggest a better title, offer follow up prompts to help improve the post to get better responses (especially if it's a question), add in hashtags, auto tagging other members who tend to respond to similar threads, or auto tag members with high reputation, etc.
Down the road, this same model could be leveraged to have AI help organize existing/older threads and move them around to more appropriate forums/subforums, or add prefixes/tags that are appropriate for better content discovery. If questions go unanswered, add a prefix to them or move them to an "unanswered" subforum to unclutter the search results and make it easier to find content that has more value.
The obvious uses are to have AI help answer questions or summarize thread content, which has been discussed already, but I think forums could benefit IMMENSELY by having AI help simplify the posting process, which is becoming way more necessary with all the members who don't understand forums too well (a huge contingent out there now). We all know that social media apps will be leveraging this more and more in the near future in the next generation of online communities. It also has the potential to help organize the content better through moderator functions/actions, which could be logged, rate limited, and overridden.
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