Some of the posts are region-based, so I'd like to see that emphasized in some way. I'm in Aachen, Germany, so many of the requests don't apply to me. Would be nice to filter that out, so that I only see posts relevant to me (if somebody wants to contact the whole world, or Europe, or Germany, or North Rine-Westfalia, or Aachen). I also visit my parents regularely, so requests for that other town would apply to me, too.
Maybe you could just add some fancy Google Maps Widgets where you can add areas and a radius for each post, and everybody can add geolocations in there profile. Then limit the posts shown to me to those that either have no area or an area that I'm in (or at least highlight those that are more relevant for me).
It would be super-cool if that worked with a personalized RSS feed, too, cause I'm not gonna come here on a regular bases, but my Google Reader does.
I like the region idea. Maybe have tags, but instead of just one field for tags separated with comma's you could have separate fields for mandatory tags, and the miscelaneous tag area. Region is a good one to start with. Tags are great if people use them.
Some of the posts are region-based, so I'd like to see that emphasized in some way. I'm in Aachen, Germany, so many of the requests don't apply to me. Would be nice to filter that out, so that I only see posts relevant to me (if somebody wants to contact the whole world, or Europe, or Germany, or North Rine-Westfalia, or Aachen). I also visit my parents regularely, so requests for that other town would apply to me, too.
Maybe you could just add some fancy Google Maps Widgets where you can add areas and a radius for each post, and everybody can add geolocations in there profile. Then limit the posts shown to me to those that either have no area or an area that I'm in (or at least highlight those that are more relevant for me).
It would be super-cool if that worked with a personalized RSS feed, too, cause I'm not gonna come here on a regular bases, but my Google Reader does.
I like the region idea. Maybe have tags, but instead of just one field for tags separated with comma's you could have separate fields for mandatory tags, and the miscelaneous tag area. Region is a good one to start with. Tags are great if people use them.