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Originally Posted by asid61
I believe F4 Connect is primarily aimed at non-technical questions related to students. Getting a student's perspective in addition to an adult's could be a valuable resource, but I'll let Sam respond more in-depth as to the reasoning/execution in the morning. Sometimes getting a fellow student to talk about something with you in a small group is more relatable than posting on a forum such as CD, and doesn't encourage anybody to make burner accounts; more private than threads and less personal/easier than PMs.
I agree technical questions are better suited for CD, and I think F4 is trying to mostly avoid them (although I could be wrong, I'm not too familiar with this myself).
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Can't you basically do this via PM on CD? If a student is looking for an answer from a student's point of view and doesn't want it in a large thread setting, it is very easy to know of students that you have personally decided you trust enough to PM directly with a question.
In addition, not only would an adult/mentor's perspective on non-technical topics still be valuable, but many, I'd argue possibly a majority, of the active user base on CD are not just mentors, but alumni who were once students and most likely went through some kind of situation to what the student would be inquiring about. If the topic is that specific that only current students would understand and be able to help with (I can't even think of anything that fits that), then as I said before it is very easy to find active well-thought students on the forums here.
What I foresee happening if something like this took off, is that some students would come to know F4 Connect as their main source for advice and council, which I would find concerning. Don't forget, there's a reason Dean has always stressed how FRC is about students AND mentors working together.