= !BluePrint: Social Media =
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== GHC2013 Project Proposals ==
Both are fundamentally about this:
 * Receive tweets and / or SMS messages from the public.
 * Classify and geocode them.
 * Display on a map.

=== Project option for "human intelligence task" processing ===
Creating a 'Human Intelligence Tasking' module to allow the processing of these messages to be divided up amongst a lot of workers:
* Details are at [wiki:BluePrint/SocialMedia/GHC2013SocialMediaHITProcessing GHC2013 Social Media Human Intelligence Task Processing].

=== Project option for enhancements to current Eden social media features ===
Some enhancements to the current interface ranging from simple to advanced:
* Details are at [wiki:BluePrint/SocialMedia#Enhancements GHC2013 Social Media Enhancements].

=== Current System and Setup for Both Projects ===
For ease of getting a large dataset to play with, we will use Twitter for this example, although the same system can be used for other message channels, like Email, SMS & RSS.

Test Server to see User Interface:
* http://demo.eden.sahanafoundation.org/eden/msg/

Install on your own system:
* Install Eden
* Install the [https://pypi.python.org/pypi/TwitterSearch/ TwitterSearch] library
* Follow the [UserGuidelines/Messaging#TwitterSearch User Guidelines] to get a Twitter OAuth account & use this to search

Relevant documentation:
* DeveloperGuidelines/Messaging
* DeveloperGuidelines/Messaging/Channels

Note: Documentation for both end-users & devs could use improvement
* feel free to dive in!

See Also:
* http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/30/digital-humanitarianism