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Hi all,
In brainstorming recently, we have come up with the idea of a limited content-promotion system here (a la sites like Reddit or Digg) with the though being that it will make great content gain extra recognition within the often hectic pace of the News forums. A user would have the option to 'upvote' a thread they approve of, simply ignore it if it is not of interest to them, or report it if it violates rules. We would, of course, then be looking to highlight exceptionally highly ranked discussions even more than our regular news articles.
From a technical standpoint, this system would mean the news section is no longer made up of forum posts - there will still be clean integration into the site, just through a more news and link-sharing oriented interface than a pure forum thread. We are looking at using the Pligg suite.
Specifics are yet to be written out, however, we wanted to see if this idea (adding a third tier to how you can interact with threads) was of any interest. Please share your thoughts!
In brainstorming recently, we have come up with the idea of a limited content-promotion system here (a la sites like Reddit or Digg) with the though being that it will make great content gain extra recognition within the often hectic pace of the News forums. A user would have the option to 'upvote' a thread they approve of, simply ignore it if it is not of interest to them, or report it if it violates rules. We would, of course, then be looking to highlight exceptionally highly ranked discussions even more than our regular news articles.
From a technical standpoint, this system would mean the news section is no longer made up of forum posts - there will still be clean integration into the site, just through a more news and link-sharing oriented interface than a pure forum thread. We are looking at using the Pligg suite.
Specifics are yet to be written out, however, we wanted to see if this idea (adding a third tier to how you can interact with threads) was of any interest. Please share your thoughts!