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August 4, 2011 12:13 PM Subscribe
Help me find a website that I can only vaguely describe. I know you can do it!
About a month ago, I read an article in the New York Times that mentioned a website where intelligent people went to discuss things (no, silly, not MetaFilter!). I want to say that it even had the name "Discuss" in it, but I'm not quite sure about that. I went to the site and I sort of remember that the homepage had a sort of "house" metaphor going on, but, sadly, I apparently didn't bookmark that site and now I'd like to show it to a friend of mine, but, amazingly, I can't find it again despite the wealth of detail I was just able to give you guys regarding it.
Does my description sound familiar to anyone about anything? Does anyone know of any sites similar to a discussion-type site? Thanks for your help.
About a month ago, I read an article in the New York Times that mentioned a website where intelligent people went to discuss things (no, silly, not MetaFilter!). I want to say that it even had the name "Discuss" in it, but I'm not quite sure about that. I went to the site and I sort of remember that the homepage had a sort of "house" metaphor going on, but, sadly, I apparently didn't bookmark that site and now I'd like to show it to a friend of mine, but, amazingly, I can't find it again despite the wealth of detail I was just able to give you guys regarding it.
Does my description sound familiar to anyone about anything? Does anyone know of any sites similar to a discussion-type site? Thanks for your help.
I will eat hats if it's anything other than Disqus.
posted by Senza Volto at 12:21 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by Senza Volto at 12:21 PM on August 4, 2011
But Disqus looks like an add-in to a website, not a place you go to discuss something... ? I could be mistaken, given my just-now cursory glance.
posted by Falwless at 12:26 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by Falwless at 12:26 PM on August 4, 2011
Damn, I'm sorry. I know the site OP is talking about, but I can't remember what it is. I thought it was Disqus because of the graphic they had. I'm pretty sure the site was referenced on Ask MeFi before this (I found it here).
posted by Senza Volto at 12:29 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by Senza Volto at 12:29 PM on August 4, 2011
Disqus is a commenting system for blogs. There are discussions there, but not independent of the blog posts they are attached to.
posted by COD at 12:34 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by COD at 12:34 PM on August 4, 2011
Best answer: Yeah, if it's not THINQon, THEN I'll eat hats.
posted by Senza Volto at 12:35 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Senza Volto at 12:35 PM on August 4, 2011 [1 favorite]
*knowing this comment must and shall be deleted, nevertheless passing Senzo Volto a ten-gallon*
posted by likeso at 12:35 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by likeso at 12:35 PM on August 4, 2011
Response by poster: It's ThingQon - and no one need eat any hats. Thanks Senza! Don't eat any hats.
posted by katyjack at 12:39 PM on August 4, 2011 [5 favorites]
posted by katyjack at 12:39 PM on August 4, 2011 [5 favorites]
Thanks for asking this question - I remember looking at Thinqon when it launched but had forgotten to bookmark it.
posted by Sweetie Darling at 5:39 PM on August 4, 2011
posted by Sweetie Darling at 5:39 PM on August 4, 2011
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posted by Sweetie Darling at 12:16 PM on August 4, 2011