A bunch of personal rules I try to be conscious of, but usually break: Respond/listen to ideas, not people. Try for a top-level quality comment instead of a reply. If a reply makes better sense, don't direct it at the person. Minimize the use of names, personal pronouns, partisan terms, adjectives, and adverbs.
It's probably already been attempted, but a forum that had some understanding of language structure and could programmatically provide some feedback by adding a "Review" step to posting would be interesting. The system would have full access to the context a post is being made in and checks could be built around it. The less checks that are ignored, the better the rank.
It's probably already been attempted, but a forum that had some understanding of language structure and could programmatically provide some feedback by adding a "Review" step to posting would be interesting. The system would have full access to the context a post is being made in and checks could be built around it. The less checks that are ignored, the better the rank.