11Nov/080

planetlotus.org/Broadcastr Public Beta

The list of features keeps growing. My favorite, a version of twitter that sits behind the firewall, in this case behind a successful Planet Lotus registration.  In short, search engines won't pick up your posts and you can post freely from Loti to Loti, I don't plan on making this module public.

Other new features, Group and Project support. That's right, create a group, say Priceless Quotes, and post messages. Anyone following it will have your quote/post show up on their page. Image support is also up and running. If you've already checked it out, feel free to go back and upload your (twitter?) profile image. @username is also live, as is RSS feeds, posting urls, etc.

planetlotus.org/broadcastr/  Since the end game is a product you can download and use in your organization, some for the features lean towards enterprise use.
Features:

  • Project Support, anyone can create a project, anyone can follow that project and post messages to its page.
  • Group Support, post messages to your existing Domino Directory groups or create your own.
  • Domino LDAP authentication
  • Customizable post length, default is 256 characters, system admin can change
  • Personal Groups, coming soon, create your own groups, manage the members and quickly post messages to @mygroup which in turn posts directs to @groupmember1, @ groupmember2, etc.
  • URL's will automatically be converted to a clickable url with the url as a name or can be overridden to defined value like "Link", the tool tip will expose the actual url.
  • @username. Post multiple direct messages in one post.
  • Email addresses convert to clickable mailto links.
  • Detailed views, most active groups, users, projects, most followed, etc.
  • Ability to toggle use of image/avatars or generic more general icons. (defined by system administrator).
  • Ability to view posts displayed like twitter with limited detail or more verbose information as seen on Facebook wall.
  • View newly activated users.
  • Full search of users, groups, project.
  • RSS feeds of user posts, more feeds to follow. (the current feeds work,  are readable, just don't link anywhere; yet).
  • Installs as a lightweight ubuntu VM, not yet available.

UPDATE: This has been moved to http://broadcastr.net

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