The only bad thing I could think of, is that great ideas get blocked on a local level, while if it was posted on global level, you might actually have a great hearing.

not if the local levels are connected to the global and each other in a unique way- then the really good ideas get heard by everyone!

Local languages will be local language only… not english. So that’s barrier 1.

I have been a technical webmaster for a website that supported engineers in Europe, Africa and Middle East, among some comps in Australia, India, South America and Canada.
Among some of the problems, were local responsibilities and the personal awareness of importance of information and also the responsibility to validate if local information was important enough for global level.

So the community remained english only, with some translations in place on the enduser pages. Not on the technical pages. ;)

…in a unique way…

@DJ TT: Can you tell some details about the system you’re setting up? I don’t know about your numbers, but I’ve got some infrastructure as well as knowledge I’d like to offer…

Cheers

The only bad thing I could think of, is that great ideas get blocked on a local level, while if it was posted on global level, you might actually have a great hearing.

not if the local levels are connected to the global and each other in a unique way- then the really good ideas get heard by everyone!

Giving people on the site a place to represent their local community is a great idea. A hook-up point for the German users, another area for the Aussie users, one for the Brazilian users. And as each community generates new ideas, they can bubble up their ideas to the main board. Now _there’s_ a vision.

True that, but why keep forgetting about the dutchies? ;)

Nah, just pulling your leg!

The only bad thing I could think of, is that great ideas get blocked on a local level, while if it was posted on global level, you might actually have a great hearing.