The difference between ‘New Discussion’ and ‘Ask a Question' - What is it? 🔍

Nico_NI

When writing a post, you have two options to choose from - being to start a discussion or ask a question.

Discussions are meant to be open to several answers and opinions, it’s an ongoing dialogue. Feel free to launch a discussion if you’re looking for advices, if you want to express a feedback about a product or share relevant content with the community.

Example: "I've built a new Reaktor synth for drones - let me know what you think!"

Questions are specific to one topic, it should be linked to a particular answer. Ask the community in case you want to know how to achieve something or if you’re facing an issue that requires the insights of experts. Members of our support team are always nearby in case you’d need extensive troubleshooting.

Example: "How can I fix missing thumbnails in Native Access 1.10?"

Looking forward to see you around!

GoKeez

Will there ever be a way to add a poll to a thread? Polls are really great feedback and tools for discussion.

JesterMgee

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/729#Comment_729

I concur........

Matt_NI

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/729#Comment_729

This is available for mods / admin for now and we're also planning to make it available for user with higher ranks.

GoKeez

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/1035#Comment_1035

Sounds good 👌 Matt. I can see where requiring higher ranks for polls can filter out goofy ones being submitted by fly-by members.

Milos

To add something for Disscussions:

Disscussions are also a great way to spread the idea for a new instrument, plugin, or even a feature for a certain NI software, or even an idea for anything musical!

Tomas E

Since there's a difference between discussions and questions, I'm wondering why my questions are linked to via "My Discussions" and not via a link called "My Questions"?

Matt_NI

https://community.native-instruments.com/discussion/comment/144743#Comment_144743

Unfortunately, that's a design choice from our platform provider. All the discussions you created regardless of their type will be displayed in "My Discussions".