Hey this is sweet!
On Oct 31, 6:40 am, Dick Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> In the interests of trying out something new, I have set up a Java
> Posse questions and comments service using Google Moderator. This is a
> simple service that allows people to ask short questions or make
> suggestions, and even better, allows other people to read those
> questions and vote them up or down. Google uses a similar thing
> internally and it works well, so I thought it would be worth a go.
>
> You can find it at
>
> http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse
>
> (think questions for Java Posse)
>
> I used tiny url because the URL used by the service is pretty fugly.
>
> Now for the good and bad.
>
> The good:
>
> There is a size limit on the questions and comments, so we can read
> out anything posted there on the show without having to edit it down
> (or more likely skip it because it is too long).
>
> We can get a feel for how many people are interested in a question or
> agree with a comment which gives us better feedback.
>
> The bad:
>
> It does require anyone who wants to create a question/suggestion/
> correction to have a Google account (e.g. gmail). These are free, and
> I figured most of the people using the Google group will probably have
> them already, which is why I started it here to see if it is going to
> work out.
>
> Please do keep sending in audio comments and emails by all means,
> (especially the audio comments - we are an audio show after all), but
> if you don't want to record something for us, there is a greater
> chance we will read out a question, correction or feedback if it is on
> this service and has a lot of votes.
>
> Thanks everyone, I look forward to seeing how this works out.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dick
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