[CIMC-work] (problems with syndicated content) FW: [IMC-Editorial] my problem with the newswire, by jenka

[Chris Kaihatsu]

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The lessons of the past few days in Spain must be studied carefully by all
those who wish to understand the nature of the period through which we are
passing. What has occurred in Spain will tomorrow happen in Britain, the USA
and every other country. We must be prepared!

www.marxist.com/Europe/lessons_of_spain0304.html







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> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:26:38 -0800 (PST)
> To: www-newswire at lists.indymedia.org
> Cc: imc-editorial at lists.indymedia.org, imc-tech at lists.indymedia.org
> Subject: [IMC-Editorial] my problem with the newswire, by jenka
> 
> I used to really enjoy the global site.
> now it SUCKS.  the newswire is full of REALLY
> IRRELEVANT ITEMS like 'book sale in san francisco
> friday night', or 'meeting at the little rock imc'
> --things that are ONLY APPLICABLE to LOCAL imcs!
> so WHY are all these things now on the global
> newswire??
> perhaps it is the automated system that is now
> automatically taking items from CERTAIN local imcs
> (not all of them by any means) and reposting those
> features as newswire items in global.
> 
> now, come on.  how hard would it be to ask local imcs
> to actually SUBMIT the items they want on the global
> newswire, or at LEAST having the option to CHOOSE
> whether that particular feature goes on the global
> newswire, so that it is not AUTOMATIC that EVERY
> feature goes on the global newswire.
> 
> I mean, this is ridiculous.
> 
> and a first time user to the site does NOT know what
> 'features/open publishing' means.....
> i mean.....someone could at least put a mouseover
> event that explains what 'features' and 'open
> publishing' refer to -- that's not that hard to do....
> 
> I also think that the 'liveradio' link should go on
> the left column.....the newswire keeps getting shoved
> farther and farther down the page due to the growing
> calendar of events.....
> 
> 
> well, that's my opinion on the matter.  does ANYONE
> else see this as a problem????
> it is making the global site unusable, as far as I'm
> concerned.
> 
> thanks
> jenka
> 
> 
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