I have doing some thinking since I wrote Gun Bloggers Unite and I think I have found a pretty simple, no-code solution to getting everyone on the same page.

Digg is a free service that allows members to submit links to posts and other members can vote the post up or down. Posts can then be ordered by popularity.

The major problem with Digg is that it spans all topics so people that are not interested or opposed to 2A issues will vote a 2A post down so that it falls off of the radar.

However, Digg has a search feature that allows you to search each posts title, URL, and description. Searches return RSS feeds.

So how does this help us? Any Digg member writing (or reading a relevant blog post) can submit the post to Digg, making sure to add a specific keyword in to the description. Those who are interested in gun related issues simply enter the keyword as a search term, or subscribe to the search via RSS, or link to the search in web pages or bookmarks.

This method has some advantages - It is totally open and discoverable. All a new blogger or interested party needs to do is discover the search keyword. No moderation is required because individual users can vote stories up or down. No administration is required (i.e. adding new bloggers to a list, or approving requests to join) because that is handled by the Digg System.

Now the keyword is a little bit tricky, if you search for "guns" you are going to get a lot of posts about the "Big guns of the plastics and materials industry." The keyword has to be different from words that are commonly used. I humbly suggest "FreedomGuns" but it doesn't really matter as long as everyone uses the same one. This keyword needs to be placed in the Digg description field when the story is submitted.

As bloggers we need to publish a link to the RSS search. This would be better if it was more elaborate (like a clickable banner) but it will work with a simple link: FreedomGuns

Let me know what you think.