Hi HN! I'm Anand, and I’m launching CQ2 (
https://cq2.co) – a tool for thoughtful and coherent discussions.
Discussions using existing written communication tools often turn into a tangle of sub-discussions around quotes, making it hard to follow. There's no clear view of all the comments in a specific sub-discussion and how the sub-discussion is related to its parent, forcing constant scrolling and hopping between comments to gather context for a meaningful response. On top of all that, it's tough to tell if any key points were overlooked.
Meetings are hit-or-miss. When it comes to complex and lengthy discussions, they often go nowhere. Instead of thoughtful responses, you often get knee-jerk reactions. Many meetings benefit from taking a break to analyse deeper or reflect further, but there is never enough time.
CQ2 is a better way to discuss:
It allows creating n-level threads around specific quotes (as well as whole comments). No mess of threads and no more copy-pasting quotes! One can see all the comments and parent threads of a specific thread in the same view. It's easier to tell if any key points were overlooked because it let's you clearly see which parts of the discussion became sub-discussions and which didn't. And, it’s open source!
We are currently under heavy development, and if our passion for thoughtful and coherent discussions resonates with you, we would love to learn about your team, your frustrations with discussions, and shape the future of CQ2, together. You can try the demo and sign up for early access from our site (https://cq2.co).
However, my opinion is that this is going to work well only in very specific situations: small teams and discussions with a high ratio of long, analytical (as opposed to synthetical) comments over multiple levels (and not just the first).
It's just too advanced for most discussions. HN/Twitter are n-level (and a thread of tweets is a kind of pre-quotes). But Most Messaging/forums don't even have a third level. And a lot of people seem to find a one-level UI like Discord and IRC enough.
Anyway, thanks for making this open source !