[imc-scotland-discussion] Spam and server problems, site improvements

[Tom]

Jon wrote:
> Good work Tom. The captcha thing works well.
> 
> I agree with the RSS feeds proposal you suggested (im sure i fed back in
> person, rather than on the list). Perhaps as a decision making thing we
> could use the voting system we use for promoting features currently.
> Does that seem viable from a tech point of view? It would be a system
> people are currently used to, so that is an advantage.

The current system is tied closely to the moderation of articles. It
isn't a general voting system. That is fine, since I wrote a voting
module more flexible than the drupal poll module myself after the RSS
feed work. Also the article voting way only enfranchises editors not
contributors.

I am in favour of allowing all users to vote in polls providing they
have written an article that survived moderation in the last year.

Perhaps the first poll should be a referendum on polling contributors to
decide stuff vs remaining with the current decision-making process
(which is?).

> Re: the server probs - we should probably change hosting. How is the
> noflag.org.uk collective placed for hosting indymedia scotland? ;)

Yeah those noflag.org.uk anarcho-geeks sure are cranking up the
electronic revolution. What a diamond bunch of geezers and geezerettes.

We will have to consider carefully. Indymedia UK have had problems with
their servers being physically seized because they are located in the UK
(I think). Greece is safer in that respect.

-- 
Tom