Re: Request For Comments: blueprint around Ideastorm idea

["Nicolas Deschildre" <ndeschildre@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/19/07, Martin Man <mman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think
>
> http://www.pledgebank.com/
>
> does something like this in the real life
>
> what do you think,

Hi,

Uh, well, sort of :) I think a much better comparaison is www.ideastorm.com ;)
And considering its success, I strongly feel this model should be
applied to Launchpad too!

Nicolas

> Martin
>
> Nicolas Deschildre wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I have been drafting a blueprint around Dell's Ideastorm idea.
> > Considering that the current means to get user wishes feedback is not
> > really good (see discussion in the blueprint) and considering
> > Ideastorm success for Dell, i was thinking of using this idea to
> > assess the user wishes.
> >
> > Right now, when a **normal** user want to post a wish about ubuntu,
> > where does he go? (I emphasize the fact that I'm talking about normal
> > users, not power users.)
> > He goes to forums, where its posts is quickly lost in the mass. Or
> > *if he know about it*, he goes to the bug report system(bug! Not obvious!)
> > to post a wish. But this wish report hardly represent the size of the
> > wish.
> > Is only one person interested by this wish, or thousands? or more?
> >
> > Consequently there is no real means to assess *quantitatively* and
> > *effectively* the users wishes and needs.
> > Thus the main guidelines of ubuntu development does not optimally
> > match the users demand.
> >
> > Considering this, my blueprint try to propose a solution based on
> > Ideastorm idea, and reusing Launchpad framework.
> > Here it is :
> > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/launchpad/+spec/better-community-wishes-assessment
> >
> > I would really appreciate any comments on this, and you are welcome to
> > do some modifications you think appropriate. Especially I'd like to
> > hear from Launchpad guys about the feasibility, implementation of the
> > spec.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Nicolas Deschildre
> >
>