DU; I HAVE A Proposal for the site; PLEASE READ & respond..(cross-posted)

[lildreamer316]

I have already mentioned this to Skinner once; but did not post it to see how everyone else would feel Now is a good time for my idea because of benburch's dilemma here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph... .

Here's the idea: Every month we as a group vote on a "DU Liberal Website and Blog of the Month". Voting would be in the first 3/4 days of the month and then LINKS/BANNERS for the winners would be placed somewhere on the main pages of the site. This would encourage traffic to the sites (many run by members here such as benburch; etc.) and a better flow of information and communication throughout our liberal websphere. We scratch their back; they scratch ours kind of thing. Lots of sites and blogs that one person has found and posted (but for whatever reason the thread dropped like a stone) would be able to get their fair share of attention.Yes; I am suggesting that we vote for a website AND a blog; so 2 winners monthly. We could have a nomination thread to start the process.

I would appreciate all input and feedback about this; it's just a rough idea and needs refining. Go to it!

[I Have A Dream]

1. In theory it sounds good. However, how would we keep it from...

getting freeped?

[lildreamer316]

3. Well in theory..

it shouldn't BE freeped here; but I know what you mean. I would assume that Skinner and the other mods would of course have final veto power and hopefully not only that but the threat of that would help a bit. As long as a one-vote-per-person thing is enforced (does the poll function already have this built in?)it should be ok. We could be really snotty and say that you have to have over a certain no. of posts to vote but I don't like that thinking and don't think Skinner would either.

[I Have A Dream]

4. Weird -- I replied to this and it didn't take. Oh well, I'll do it again.

If it makes sites known that would otherwise be unknown, I think that it's a good idea. I know that I personally have run across some sites that other people mentioned in their posts. It would be nice to have a better way to know about them.

[I Have A Dream]

2. Duplicate. Self-deleted. n/t

[lildreamer316]

5. hopeful morning kick