[Imc-newsroom] spam & global indymedia

[L. Orion Weill]

Charles,

I am, similarly, just another voice in this collective. As you seem 
to be soliciting the opinion of multiple people, I thought I would 
add my thoughts for consideration. I receive the daily digest for IMC 
lists, so I apologize if there has been dialogue since the last email 
I received.

I commend you for your willingness to scale back the number of posts 
that you submit for our "higher purpose". I would like to reiterate 
Sascha's suggestion regarding cross postings to multiple IMC's. As 
you noted, submitted articles tend to only stay posted on the front 
page for several hours before being pushed  onto a back page. In 
addition to, hopefully, being due to the increasing popularity of 
global indymedia and local IMC's, it is in large part due to the 
crosspostings to multiple websites by authors, understably so, 
wanting to get their messages out.

My personal vision of local IMC's is to allow for the empowerment of 
local activists and concerned individuals who typcially have no 
access to a forum which allows them to voice those concerns. 
Consequently, I believe crosspostings to have the potential to 
jeopardize the access provided by local IMC's that is important to 
its existence. That is why I, similarly, would like to reemphasize 
why submitting your posts to global indymedia may make more sense, 
not only to uphold the goals that local IMC's strive for, but as a 
benefit to you personally. Those wishing to view your posts will have 
equal access to them through the global indymedia site, and, in fact, 
might actually increase your readership for those who DO view your 
posts as spam, thus avoiding them. Similarly, many individuals access 
local IMC's through the global indymedia site, thus having access to 
your posts sooner. I offer these suggestions as food for thought, a 
possible solution that I believe to ultimately benefit both UCIMC and 
you personally. Thank you for your willingness to contribute your 
opinions and be receptive to our suggestions.

Respectfully submitted,
Orion

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>Message: 5
>From: "Charles Amsellem" <blackreb at earthlink.net>
>To: "Sascha Meinrath" <meinrath at uiuc.edu>
>Cc: <info at ucimc.org>, <imc-newsroom at ucimc.org>
>Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 22:56:55 -0700
>Subject: [Imc-newsroom] Re: [Imc-info] spamming and my editorial cartoons
>
>I think I understand.  I will post editorial cartoons either weekly or only
>after the previous post has left the front page cue.  I certainly dont want
>to detract from any responsible post or from your newswire's higher purpose.
>Sometimes, my weekly post will still have the previous week's post on the
>newswire if news posts are not moving quickly enough.  If this becomes a
>problem for you please email me, as this communication should demonstrate, I
>will be happy to comply with any reasonable request.  On the other hand if
>news is slow, my cartoons can help liven up your newswire's content!
>
>Please understand that because (happily!) of the increasing popularity of
>global indymedia, my posts there only stay on the front page for a couple of
>hours or less and then dissapear.  That's the main reason I send it to the
>individual imc's throughout.  Please email me if there is ever any further
>problems re: my posting or if I can help with content.
>
>thanks again for your wonderful service to the community and your quick
>response,
>charles amsellem
>
>


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