I propose we have a talkgroup with sub-talkgroups, for announcements. The reason for the additional complexity is configuring each to have different settings for auto-deleting messages.
I need a place to post
I have to interact with various websites to publish information. Each time I use one of these I make a list of things that irritate me, and finally the pattern emerged: I can use talkgroup for what I want. And it just might work…
How it works
Each sub-group will have a template that has to “basically” be filled out. It will include headings and everything. We can work on that over time. Additionally, each sub-group will have different rules for posting, that make sense. For example:
- happening - topic deletes 6 hours after last reply
- work - topic deletes 30 days after publishing
- housing - topic deletes 30 days after publishing
- surveys - topics deletes 90 days after publishing
- places - each “place” is a topic, and replies delete after 1 day
Examples of how these would be used:
- Someone finds a food truck, posts to “happening”, others might see it, and then it’s gone.
- Someone is looking for a job or a room, their topic is up for 30 days and then deletes; comments are used to clarify, to assist
- Someone like maiki posts a street survey for a city, and more people will see it and fill it out hopefully
- Someone creates a topic for the library box on their block, each day they walk by and take a pic of what’s on offer, and add it as a reply; 24 hours later that snapshot is gone. Same with food menus/specials.
Metadata
We will standardize some tags to make it easy to find and track announcements. Zip codes come to mind, as well as place names and other categories folks find useful. I imagine I will promote it locally, therefore I would be able to include “local listings”, powered by talkgroup. 
Thoughts?!
