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Everybody likes the principle of news written by the community. It seems that everybody actually likes the http://maemo.org/news system, combining over hundred sources that get promoted or demoted based on user input (thumbs up & down) and karma from several sources e.g. del.icio.us, technorati... read more
But it will take us a while to implement something like that in meego.com. In the meantime we can start aggregating blogs and other MeeGo specific news sources.
Drupal includes an Aggregation module out of the box: http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/aggregator There is an official module that resembles a PlanetPlanet, but do we really need the extra maintenance for that? http://drupal.org/project/udplanet
The maemo.org Midgard team has prepared a proof-of-concept deployment of using Maemo's Midgard-based Social News system for MeeGo News.
The deployment consists of:
This system can be evaluated in its current temporary location and deployed on meego.com as desired.
Would these news have a presence in the homepage? Under "What's new", negotiating space with the current static promos?
Note: the "What's new" area on the home page will likely be taken over by releases when they exist. Not exactly sure where that puts the What's new or the planet?
See Web infrastructure/Planet.meego.com/Add your blog
If you fulfill your requirements above you can request the aggregation of your blog sending the following information to FIXME:
Or you can start adding yourself to the list of candidates:
The proposed blogs are also maintained in the MeeGo News proof-of-concept and are available in OPML format from http://news.meego.nemein.net/news/planet_meego/feeds.opml
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What would be the next steps in order to introduce a system including news promotions based on ratings?
Should we simply start simple and leave this discussion for later?