on Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 03:24:58AM -0300, Steve Mallett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Another thought: > > > > Many high-traffic lists (of which I'm not sure l-d really qualifies) > > have a "news" summary that's posted periodically, usually weekly. This > > usually covers highlights of recent discussion. Examples include > > kernel-traffic and Debian Weekly News. This might be another solution > > to the current problem. > > > > Peace. > > I was just thinking about this... kinda. The highlights part anyway..... > > After posting and playing with the PHP-Nuke forums test-site I did mention to > the board the thought of using this type of site in its original intent, a > news site. > > Currenty I feel its a bit of a pity that Gems like this > (http://www.usatoday.com/money/tech/2001-09-27-msoft-software.htm) are lost > to the ether or tucked away in the old-news sections of /. (for which there > isn't an open-source 'topic' per se. And newsforge is just way to busy. In > a good way. > > I'd like to use this php-nuke thingy to post this type of story in a k5 type > manner. http://open5ource.net I hope the k5 reference isn't lost on > anyone. 8^) > > This particular tool, I feel, is best suited to this type of thing. Its a > nice way to catalogue o.s.-ish news chronilogically. And though the webforum > isn't something that those who are technical users may prefer it is the > default way that newbies would be accustomed to. > > I just talked myself into it. That's a damn good idea.
Thanks ;-) Note that this still boils down to a filtering mechanims. I *do* like the (theoretical) effectiveness of collaborative filtering tools. A "news" like feature could be implemented by skimming highly-rated items, comments, and/or threads from general discussion. Scoop's only made partial progress in this regard to date. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Home of the brave http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ Land of the free Free Dmitry! Boycott Adobe! Repeal the DMCA! http://www.freesklyarov.org Geek for Hire http://kmself.home.netcom.com/resume.html
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