How to implement communities?

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How to implement communities? #188

Closed guaka closed 9 years ago

guaka commented 9 years ago

(Can't quickly find issue related to creating the communities feature so opening this one. Other keywords: group: groups.)

First community: hitchhikers. Then hackers, veg(etari)ans, activists, bicyclists, etc. Users can choose to stick within your own communities or they can be open to all.

libertedeparole commented 9 years ago

Will communities be management-chosen and -defined? Will members be allowed to create their own communities? I don't necessarily consider that a good thing. One can imagine some potential communities that most people would not like to gain a foothold.

I assume members can join multiple communities.

libertedeparole commented 9 years ago

Concerning the definition of communities, I assume that the hitchhiker community is open to people who do not hitchhike themselves, but who understand and are open to welcoming hitchhiking travelers.

But what about veg(etari)ans, for example? I am an omnivore myself, but love to have guests or visit people who explore other options, from veg(etari)an to the most idiosyncratic or extreme diets.

simison commented 9 years ago

I'll try to find soon some time to elaborate this in more details / list different options, but many things are still open.

guaka commented 9 years ago

start with some "management-chosen" communities.
after we have a dozen communities running) open it up for people to propose new communities, which will be opened up as soon as there are enough members (e.g. at least 100 or 1000).
we'll close down communities that "we" don't like, e.g. fascist or religious-fundamentalist.

simison commented 9 years ago

Going to direction #208