This sounds a lot like what a weblog server does. A great example of this in action is http://www.slashdot.org. If you have access to a server that can run Zope, you should try a Zope product called "Squishdot". I believe it does user feedback really well, though my experience with it is limited.
Dennis On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Nick Arnett wrote: > Does anyone here know of any message feedback mechanism that can be added to > Mailman? I'm looking to add a web-based rating mechanism. Initially, the > idea is to let people give others negative feedback points, but the price of > doing so is that you received a percentage of a point yourself, thus > creating a disincentive for downgrading a lot of other people. > > I'm not interested in debating the ethics or efficacy of such a mechanism > right now, but I'd be more than happy to hear suggestions about how to make > it work properly. I expect it to be relatively simple -- addition of a code > identifying the sender and recipient, which feed back via a CGI to Apache > and then MySQL. I'm a bit concerned about the implicit slowdown in > delivery, but I'm not looking at a high-volume list yet. That's the > one-click approach. Otherwise, I could munge something into the archives, > but that'll require login to identify who's voting. > > Any and all suggestions will be welcome. Pointers on the best place(s) to > touch the code will be gratefully accepted. > > Nick ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
