[IMC-US] Fwd: [Imc-communication] feedback on new feature: blogwire

[sheri at speakeasy.org]

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From: patrick [mailto:patrick at indymedia.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2005 11:58 PM
To: imc-communication at lists.indymedia.org
Subject: [Imc-communication] feedback on new feature: blogwire

Hi all,

There is a new feature being developed by mir techs for mir sites, and I'm 
interested in getting some feedback.  Apologies if this is not relevant 
for imc-communication, but I am interested in perspectives beyond tech.

The new feature is called a 'blogwire', which will use rss to include 
selected blogs on a newswire, displaying headlines in the same way that 
the current imc newswires do.

The headline on the imc blogwire could either link directly to the blog's 
post, or could link to an imc article page, with a paragraph summary and 
link to the blog post, and a space for users to comment on the blog.  This 
is in case the blog folks do not want to deal with spam/troll moderation 
issues.

The blogs would be selected by the local imc editorial collective.  The 
general idea would be to include local blogs of political content, that 
represent an organization (as opposed to personal diaries).  But one 
political issue is whether to include only blogs from groups, or to also 
include blogs published by one individual (who writes political 
content/news).  The issue here being the privileging of certain voices.

Another issue is advertising.  If a blog contains banner or google ads, 
should it be included in the blogwire?

This is a new way of including potentially strong content, but I see it 
more so as a way to connect groups with each other, and broaden the reach 
of imc.

Would love to hear any feedback, if you can cc' me that would be great.


Thanks,
Patrick

rss: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(protocol)

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