it sounds like from op’s drawing here that it was a discussion which was working. if the threaded Reddit style paradigm isn’t the right format for this type of discussion, I don’t know what is
The issue is not the thread format, but the community they asked in and the generality and phrasing of the question. If you were to ask about a specific region and try to ask in a space where people who live there are willing to answer it would be much easier to moderate.
it sounds like from op’s drawing here that it was a discussion which was working. if the threaded Reddit style paradigm isn’t the right format for this type of discussion, I don’t know what is
The issue is not the thread format, but the community they asked in and the generality and phrasing of the question. If you were to ask about a specific region and try to ask in a space where people who live there are willing to answer it would be much easier to moderate.