Difference between revisions of "Karma server"

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Karma server is needed to rate the mailing lists posts (and/or other "content"), with the goal to share the ratings with "friends", within one or more communities. And to enable serch within  
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*Karma server is intended for rating the mailing lists posts (and/or other "content"), with the goal to share the ratings with "friends", within one or more communities, and to enable search within posts.*
  
One of the usages is to enable mail clients (and/or mailing list servers) do the ratings; to interact with the karma server, to upload and download ratings; also to choose people whose ratings I want to follow;  
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Possible implementation solution would need to:
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* enable mail clients (and/or mailing list servers) do the ratings;  
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* interact with the karma server, to upload and download ratings;  
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* also to choose people whose ratings I want to follow;  
  
 
This is a useful feature for several large communities that have many mailing lists (RIPE, NANOG, IETF); but also fo any smaller community (for example, hackerspace) that communicates via mailing lists. Using the karma server would lower the barrier for participation (since it is easier to rate "=1" or "-1" then to emial "mee too", or even more constructive post..).
 
This is a useful feature for several large communities that have many mailing lists (RIPE, NANOG, IETF); but also fo any smaller community (for example, hackerspace) that communicates via mailing lists. Using the karma server would lower the barrier for participation (since it is easier to rate "=1" or "-1" then to emial "mee too", or even more constructive post..).

Revision as of 09:41, 14 December 2012

Projects
Participants Becha
Skills Programming, community building, open source projects, presenting
Status Planning
Niche Software
Purpose World domination
  • Karma server is intended for rating the mailing lists posts (and/or other "content"), with the goal to share the ratings with "friends", within one or more communities, and to enable search within posts.*

Possible implementation solution would need to:

  • enable mail clients (and/or mailing list servers) do the ratings;
  • interact with the karma server, to upload and download ratings;
  • also to choose people whose ratings I want to follow;

This is a useful feature for several large communities that have many mailing lists (RIPE, NANOG, IETF); but also fo any smaller community (for example, hackerspace) that communicates via mailing lists. Using the karma server would lower the barrier for participation (since it is easier to rate "=1" or "-1" then to emial "mee too", or even more constructive post..).

What needs to be done:

  • write SW for karma server
  • write patches that modify email clients
  • promote the usage of this in several communities (29c3! ripe meeting, nanog meeting / lists, ietf...)
  • write an RFC about it...
  • maintain the "github" / open source repository of the SW

Similar implementations:

  • "slashdot" -- only on the web
  • Facebook...
  • ripe ncc has the rating of posts, on the closed web app, only for wg-chairs
  • perlmonks.org (nice system that encourages voting)


People involved:

  • Becha
  • Arnd
  • Emile Aben