[Mailman-Users] Feedback?

[Dennis W Heltzel]

This sounds a lot like what a weblog server does. A great example of this
in action is http://www.slashdot.org. If you have access to a server that
can run Zope, you should try a Zope product called "Squishdot". I believe
it does user feedback really well, though my experience with it is
limited.

Dennis

On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, Nick Arnett wrote:
> Does anyone here know of any message feedback mechanism that can be added to
> Mailman?  I'm looking to add a web-based rating mechanism.  Initially, the
> idea is to let people give others negative feedback points, but the price of
> doing so is that you received a percentage of a point yourself, thus
> creating a disincentive for downgrading a lot of other people.
>
> I'm not interested in debating the ethics or efficacy of such a mechanism
> right now, but I'd be more than happy to hear suggestions about how to make
> it work properly.  I expect it to be relatively simple -- addition of a code
> identifying the sender and recipient, which feed back via a CGI to Apache
> and then MySQL.  I'm a bit concerned about the implicit slowdown in
> delivery, but I'm not looking at a high-volume list yet.  That's the
> one-click approach.  Otherwise, I could munge something into the archives,
> but that'll require login to identify who's voting.
>
> Any and all suggestions will be welcome.  Pointers on the best place(s) to
> touch the code will be gratefully accepted.
>
> Nick