[consulting] Recipe challenge: Forums with moderation, karma, spam-proofing.

[Zack Rosen]

FYI Phillip Greenspun was the guy behind ACS & ArsDigita.  ACS =  
ArsDigita Community System, a TCL / AOL Server Drupal-like system  
that powered a number of large websites and made a bunch of money  
during the first bubble.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Greenspun

-Zack

On Feb 19, 2006, at 10:38 PM, Boris Mann wrote:

> Philip Greenspun posted to his blog a request about the best config  
> for the Boston Children's Hospital:
>
>
>> A friend at Boston Children's Hospital wants to establish an  
>> online community for 400-1000 people who are either working at the  
>> hospital or are parents of children with a specific disorder.  He  
>> basically wants a discussion forum, but with state-of-the-art  
>> features for moderation, spam-proofing, and karma-assignment.  His  
>> main concern is quickly identifying people who are negative  
>> contributors and getting rid of them or changing their behavior.   
>> Is there a good free and open source software package that he can  
>> simply install and run?  drupal.org perhaps?
>>
>
> Anyone care to write up a recipe? I was thinking about  
> "karma"...and I don't think we have it. We've got userpoints, but  
> that doesn't really reflect if people are +1 / -1 against you.
>
> Here are some modules off the top of my head:
> * forum
> * flatforum
> * userpoints
> * one of the "voting" options
> * troll
> * story -- for front page news
> * book -- for static content pages
> * (optional) blog -- for selected people who express an interest;  
> could also swap out and just use weblinks module, so people can  
> pool links
>
>
> If anyone is in the Boston area, they might appreciate some tips  
> over coffee. I don't have contact details, but you could leave a  
> comment on Philip's blog.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Boris Mann
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