Comments on: I Want a Platform For Building a Community Meme Tracker http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker a blog about the connected age Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:29:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: James Governor http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-166 James Governor Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:58:13 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-166 i want a taggregator platform. a platform for aggregating tags and structured blogs. i want a taggregator platform. a platform for aggregating tags and structured blogs.

]]> By: Alex Barnett http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-165 Alex Barnett Mon, 20 Feb 2006 12:05:24 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-165 Keep pushing this idea....you're on the right track here I think. Keep pushing this idea….you’re on the right track here I think.

]]> By: Anne Zelenka http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-164 Anne Zelenka Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:44:38 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-164 Thanks for the pointers, Michael. Very interesting--I hadn't heard of the planet-style approach. Thanks for the pointers, Michael. Very interesting–I hadn’t heard of the planet-style approach.

]]> By: Michael Bernstein http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-163 Michael Bernstein Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:45:33 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-163 Sorry, I mistyped a bit. I meant 'planet-style'. Here is a link to the main PlanetPlanet site: http://planetplanet.org/ The two I use semi-regularly are: http://planetatom.net/ http://www.planetpython.org/ It's just a web-based aggregator with a preselected set of feeds, but it could serve as a platform for further innovation along the lines you've expressed an interest in. Sorry, I mistyped a bit. I meant ‘planet-style’. Here is a link to the main PlanetPlanet site:
http://planetplanet.org/

The two I use semi-regularly are:
http://planetatom.net/
http://www.planetpython.org/

It’s just a web-based aggregator with a preselected set of feeds, but it could serve as a platform for further innovation along the lines you’ve expressed an interest in.

]]> By: Anne Zelenka http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-162 Anne Zelenka Sat, 18 Feb 2006 02:23:25 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-162 Hey Ryan, yeah, those do the basic hot links finding as far as I know. But what I want goes a bit beyond that. It would include some filtering to get rid of nonparenting articles or "josie used the potty" posts. It might do some screen-scraping to count comments to determine which posts/conversations are hottest because in momblogland people don't link to each other much. To make a really good Momorandum likely requires custom development. However, I did work with Matthew Chen on Megite to get <a href="http://megite.com/index.php?section=parenting">a trial parenting page</a> set up. So yeah, those services are good starting points. Hey Ryan, yeah, those do the basic hot links finding as far as I know. But what I want goes a bit beyond that. It would include some filtering to get rid of nonparenting articles or “josie used the potty” posts. It might do some screen-scraping to count comments to determine which posts/conversations are hottest because in momblogland people don’t link to each other much. To make a really good Momorandum likely requires custom development.

However, I did work with Matthew Chen on Megite to get a trial parenting page set up. So yeah, those services are good starting points.

]]> By: ryan king http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-161 ryan king Fri, 17 Feb 2006 09:23:15 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-161 Don't we have a bunch of these already? < a href="http://www.personalbee.com/">PersonalBee</a>? <a href="http://www.megite.com/">Megite</a>? etc? Don’t we have a bunch of these already? < a href="http://www.personalbee.com/">PersonalBee? Megite? etc?

]]> By: Anne Zelenka http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-160 Anne Zelenka Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:38:39 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-160 Halley - I'd love to talk to you about my ideas and what Top Ten Sources is doing. There is a huge need for human and computer filtering/editing between the millions of blogs and their potential readers, especially in the so-called long tail. I think momblogs especially are ripe for revolution. Halley - I’d love to talk to you about my ideas and what Top Ten Sources is doing. There is a huge need for human and computer filtering/editing between the millions of blogs and their potential readers, especially in the so-called long tail. I think momblogs especially are ripe for revolution.

]]> By: Anne Zelenka http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-159 Anne Zelenka Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:37:29 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-159 Michael, I'm not familiar with planets-style aggregators, but sounds intriguing. You're right--the hard part is finding the community, and in the case I'm talking about, creating the basis for a community. I have this idea that more conversation could be taking place around parenting issues and that highlighting such conversations would encourage that. Michael, I’m not familiar with planets-style aggregators, but sounds intriguing.

You’re right–the hard part is finding the community, and in the case I’m talking about, creating the basis for a community. I have this idea that more conversation could be taking place around parenting issues and that highlighting such conversations would encourage that.

]]> By: Halley Suitt http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-158 Halley Suitt Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:35:17 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-158 Hey this is great! We should talk! Halley Hey this is great! We should talk!

Halley

]]> By: Michael Bernstein http://www.annezelenka.com/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-157 Michael Bernstein Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:32:17 +0000 http://www.annezelenka.com/testbed/2006/02/i-want-a-platform-for-building-a-community-meme-tracker#comment-157 About the only thing you haven't mentioned are planets-style aggregators, which, when hooked to category feeds from a self-identifying community, can definitely serve as a starting point for building the kind of thing you're talking about. Not that it's a short step from there to actual meme-tracking, but it should be possible, and an interesting technical challenge. The truly hard part is getting a diffuse community to self-identify. Tagging services can help (ie. "feeds that have posts that were tagged 'motherhood' in the last 30 days" are automatically suggested for inclusion). About the only thing you haven’t mentioned are planets-style aggregators, which, when hooked to category feeds from a self-identifying community, can definitely serve as a starting point for building the kind of thing you’re talking about.

Not that it’s a short step from there to actual meme-tracking, but it should be possible, and an interesting technical challenge.

The truly hard part is getting a diffuse community to self-identify. Tagging services can help (ie. “feeds that have posts that were tagged ‘motherhood’ in the last 30 days” are automatically suggested for inclusion).

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