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Just for the record ...

Comment comment by willwaddell on 22 May 2007

I'm not actually a communist, far from it, though I have been known to enjoy the film Red Heat on occasion.

As for real matters, the whole democratic aspect to O-Nerd seems most vexing to me. On the one hand, it seems that we would want to keep people's Nerdlogs away from moderation, but would people want the ability to vote up a particularly good log and have it appear as a link on the main page?

I think the NerdLog is a great way to get people's feet wet and perhaps coax them into greater site participation.

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RE: Just for the record ... by markmcb :: NR7

I agree. What I've thought about goes like this:

  1. user blogs
  2. it is seen on the "communist" page, as it is initially equal to all blogs
  3. users read it and vote it up
  4. it becomes popular and visible on the "democratic" page
  5. a moderator reads it and deems it particularly excellent and nerdy and marks it
  6. it becomes "nerdy" and appears on the "oligarchical" front page

... or something like that. Essentially, I'm aiming to give everyone a chance, but still highlight the best first, and most popular second.

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