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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
=== Vision === | |||
To build a new slashdot how the commander of tacos would have wanted it by and for the community free of corporate control | |||
== Business specifications == | == Business specifications == | ||
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== User specifications == | == User specifications == | ||
Be able to view each article using a URL. | |||
Be able to view each comment using a URL. | |||
When a comment is viewed the comment children are displayed under the comment according to the user or default display rules. | |||
Hidden posts will always be displayed with a <hidden> tagged and collapsed. | |||
A +4 or +5 post will force the parent post to be visible, even if it is just as a 'collapsed' message. | |||
== Technical limitations == | == Technical limitations == | ||
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Distributed deliver of the site via the sites users | Distributed deliver of the site via the sites users | ||
* Pay for the site using advertising? | * Pay for the site using advertising? | ||
=== Comment Rating System === | |||
Option 1: Keep slashdot ratings of -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | |||
Option 2: Expand the rating system to have a range from -100 to +100 | |||
Option 3: Adopt a rating system of -1 to +100 | |||
== Costs == | |||
How will the site be paid for? | |||
Advertising? Google ads? | |||
Community donations? | |||
Free? No ads.. | |||
Memberships? $5 per person per year can go a long way If so.. optional? What benefits if memberships are purchase? What model to use? | |||
Latest revision as of 14:43, 8 February 2014
Just another slashdot user hoping for tomorrow to be somewhat like today, only a bit better.
Notes
Vision
To build a new slashdot how the commander of tacos would have wanted it by and for the community free of corporate control
Business specifications
Technical specifications
User specifications
Be able to view each article using a URL.
Be able to view each comment using a URL.
When a comment is viewed the comment children are displayed under the comment according to the user or default display rules.
Hidden posts will always be displayed with a <hidden> tagged and collapsed.
A +4 or +5 post will force the parent post to be visible, even if it is just as a 'collapsed' message.
Technical limitations
Technology
- AWS ? Amazon ?
- EC2 ?
Testing
- functional / technical / user
Ideas
.. and not just my own
- Offer a text only site
No graphics. Toned down. Skinned down.
- CDN
Distributed deliver of the site via the sites users
- Pay for the site using advertising?
Comment Rating System
Option 1: Keep slashdot ratings of -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Option 2: Expand the rating system to have a range from -100 to +100 Option 3: Adopt a rating system of -1 to +100
Costs
How will the site be paid for? Advertising? Google ads? Community donations? Free? No ads.. Memberships? $5 per person per year can go a long way If so.. optional? What benefits if memberships are purchase? What model to use?