[New-imc] Re: [Imc-romania] Questions about Open Publishing

[ruxandra costescu]

Hi all,

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, joanne richardson wrote:

> 1. So I would like to know which sites don=92t have an open publishing
> newswire on their front page, whether there are any sites which don=92t h=
ave
> one at all (or have suspended its function), and whether there are any IM=
C
> sites which have a policy of hiding problematic posts *before* they are
> published rather than *after*?

I'd agree that at this point it would be most informative and helpful to
know the answers to this question, as well as to the more general question
of official Indymedia policy on and the ideological difference between
hiding posts from the newswire pre- and post-publishing.

> Indymedia might be
> well known internationally, but honestly in Romania not that many people
> know about it.
=2E..
> Maybe this is a general risk the IMC network is willing to take,
> but it=92s not a particular risk we want to accept. And it doesn=92t seem
> right to be asked to become subordinate to someone else=92s principles wh=
en
> they contradict our reality.

I'd also agree very strongly with this point. I would like us to use Open
Publishing for the Romanian IMC site, in one form or another, but the
concerns we have with it right now are more than just academic (as Joanne
has explained). Given the very real possibility that our newsire would
turn into a circus right away with "unrestricted" O.P., hurting us and to
some extent the whole IMC network, figuring out what to do about hiding
hate-speech posts and the like is (one) pressing issue. We're just trying
to prevent -- have a clear strategy for dealing with -- some guaranteed
ugliness and counter-productivity and disfunction for the future
IMC-Romania.

Thanks for any further info/clarifications,

Ruxandra.