Re: [Cctools-cchost] Improving the "want list"

[Jon P. <jo...@cr...>]

On Tue, 2006-11-14 at 20:11 -0500, Kevin Driscoll wrote:
> > on digging further it sounds like kevin wants a 'want ads' kind of
> > feature where people are rewarded for meeting the needs of others by
> > uploading specific targeted lesson plans, etc. e.g. Teacher A posts
> a
> > want ad for a particular type of thing, Teacher B is deciding what
> to
> > upload and notices the want ad by A and uploads that specifically
> > targted thing. I would presume A is notified, etc. etc.
> 
> it needn't be as in-depth as a want ad (although that might be
> interesting down the line..)  more like a parallel search of user's
> "i'm looking for..." tags with 3-5 results.
> 
> e.g. you search for "chemistry" and somewhere on the results, you see
> a picture of me with a notice saying, "kevin is also looking for
> chemistry!"
> 
> we've been thinking about setting up a parallel listserv or BBS or
> something for actual "I'm looking for a lesson on 30-60-90 triangles"
> want ads.
> 
> kevin

So you basically are wanting a "requests" system? The open clip art has
sorted this out in one way by making a request submission upload type
where people can upload a basic graphic of what they want. Ideally, this
could just be text and then others can fill the request and any filling
of this is linked to as a remix.

Open Clip Art Library still hasn't added this non-file-type upload. I
know Victor has some ideas about this ;)

Does this type of system solve your problem? Or, do you need something
more abstract/generic?

Jon

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