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

[clara]

dear ruxandra, dear all

> > 1. So I would like to know which sites don't have an open publishing
> > newswire on their front page, whether there are any sites which don't have
> > one at all (or have suspended its function), and whether there are any IMC
> > 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 Germany has a policy by which all articles in an open newswire on 
a publicly accessible back page, and only relevant postings are then moved 
by the moderators/editorial team to the newswire on the front page. As far 
as I know that excludes non-news articles or the typical cross-postings 
that appear all over Indymedia from appearing on the startpage. Hate speech 
and other postings are hidden.

Some other sites like Indy Netherlands have everything on the frontpage, 
but non-news are moved to a back page several times daily, by several 
people who check the site regularly. Problematic postings thereby don't 
stay on the front page for more then 2 to 3 hours in general, but it also 
makes the editorial policy more transparent.

I don't think that you have to be to worried about the newswire turning 
into a "circus of hate speech" - especially not if you apply an editorial 
policy of not allowing hate speech etc from begin on. Indivduals will of 
course complain for a while if you move or hide one of their articles, and 
you might get an attack once in a while of somebody copy-pasting the same 
piece several times, but that goes over if you deal with it openly and 
consequent.

Depending on the software you use, there are some "anti-abuse" functions 
that can help you in cases of serious attacks.

In solidarity,
Clara


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