We toyed with writing a Comment Manager ourselves. It was soon discovered that the labor required to develop an appropriate user interface coupled with system testing and integration did not warrant a site-specific implementation. Room not only slashes proprietary development costs, but by operating on its own server, eliminates the headache of constant adjustment to keep it compatible with our other in-house operations. Affairs turns the Web into a powerful citizen voice on current local issues and politics. Room provides a community dialogue in which anyone can participate at any time just by pressing a button.
Users quickly gain an overview of all active issues or focus on an issue of immediate concern.
Instead of trying to convince the user to accept a position on an issue, the intent of Decision. They can refer to supporting information and even query linked database and GIS models. One more click and the user communicates his or her position to everyone else interested in this issue. Each comment is like a letter to the editor that always gets published and each letter is read by those that share the same concerns. A Complaint button sends a request to the system administrator to purge overly offensive or libelous Comments.