[IMC-US] website ideas

[Ryan Smith]

> i would hope that part of the design of a website like this would also 
> be an opportunity to take into account searching and making it not 
> about information overload but about users finding the information 
> that most meets their need.  this kind of filtering has been talked 
> about in multiple places over the years.  i think this website could 
> really do some innovative design in this area.

Even though this issue may be a bit premature to discuss, I would 
strongly encourage potential us-tech people to examine both 
news.google.com and slashdot.org for ideas about how IMC software can 
be improved for use at the national/international level. news.google is 
probably the best news syndication site on the internet and slashdot 
has a very mature and effective moderation system (plus its engine is 
open source). Once the US IMC gets rolling, we should have a serious 
software brainstorming session before anything gets implemented 
(including both tech and non-tech people). But like I said, I'm 
probably jumping the gun since we haven't even finished the proposal 
yet. I'm just too damn enthusiastic I suppose :)

Ryan Smith, Tennessee IMC