RE: [hackers] More on Deanster Participant Content
> From that came a discussion with Britt about how deanforamerica.com > might be re-designed. I've attached an image of what he's come up with. > It shows the idea pretty well: a quote from a participant for every > section. This would be easy enough to set up if it were static, but my > immediate thought was that it should be dynamic. It should be a > rotation of many quotes, which will further drive participation as it > shows that everyone has a chance of having their voice heard. Administrivia note: the user agreement of the site should specify the site's right to do this sort of thing. (Should probably claim nonexclusive right to use/repurpose content). > Do we think this will cure a potential troll problem? IMHO, rigorous > moderation is sufficient for stopping harmful BS. By giving users a > "flag for review" button, you give them a means of doing something > about trolls without feeding them. FYI I know where we might round up some volunteer moderators with loads of experience. Just ask me when the time's right. ~ Jon
Re: [hackers] More on Deanster Participant Content
On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 10:13:16AM -0700, Joshua Koenig wrote: > The notion for this sprung from the fact that there's a wealth of ideas > and content being created by the devotees of the Official Campaign > Blog. Originally, I had thought of hacking Movable Type so that there > would be a way for users to "concur" with other users' comments; to > mark them as an idea, a phrase, a story worth saving. This way at the > end of the day, you can have someone from your team browse through the > 25 most "highlighted" posts. As one of the people who likes to think he at least *occasionally* posts something there that fits in this category, I'd just like to say Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth[EMAIL PROTECTED] Member of the Technical Staff Baylink RFC 2100 The Suncoast Freenet The Things I Think Tampa Bay, Floridahttp://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 OS X: Because making Unix user-friendly was easier than debugging Windows -- Simon Slavin, on a.f.c
