Is there a open source meme tracker ? I want to create something like techmeme for some specific topic. So is there something in open source that u can use to create ?
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Looking for Open Source Developers Interested in Memetracking to Continue Work on a Memetracking Module for Drupal No Longer Being Maintained
Memetracking technology is a fascinating and useful way to automatically find the most interesting content bubbling up in the blogosphere and related social media. Using these memetrackers, individual news readers can find in minutes the best content from 1000s of sources. The problem is that there is no open source implementation of the technology. Developer Kyle Mathews has built the framework for just such a tool with his memetracker Drupal module but he has moved on to other projects and so I am looking for developers to continue and expand on his work. Why? From the original proposal:
The memetracker module will be especially useful to open source communities. Open source projects rely entirely on internet communication technologies to coordinate their efforts. Many commentators have linked the explosion of the open source to the opening of the Internet to the general population. Memetracking and aggregation sites in general are another step in the evolution of communication technologies on the internet. The memetracker module will allow any open source community, large or small, to put up a simple Drupal site and start aggregating developer blogs, forums, mailing lists, etc. into a centralized place.
I am not a developer but more of an online publisher who would like to help this module reach its potential and offer an alternative to current commercial implementations. Anybody interested in getting involved can contact me at [email protected]
Thanks!
Mark Boudreau
2009-11-15 18:34:57