RE: [hackers] More on Deanster Participant Content

2003-07-28 Thread Jon Lebkowsky
>  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

2003-07-28 Thread Jay R. Ashworth
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
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