[Seattle-editorial] Seattle IMC needs volunteers

[Joseph Eisenschmidt]

M,

This has been discussed by SEAIMC Editorial. Thanks for your 
thoughtful analysis.

Our new software, Mir, allows this type of 'voting' to occur for 
the ranking of articles by the general readership. To make the 
software do what you suggest would be relatively easy. 

Not to nay-say, but there are considerations:

SEAIMC has an unofficial policy of not harvesting I.P. addresses 
from readers or Publishers. We do this for legal reasons, and in 
recognition of the tradition of anonomous publishing by individuals 
and groups who wish to so publish. 

The Seattle IMC believes that insurrectionist speech can do harm, 
but is a fundamental right, especially of the free press. We 
recognize the fact that positive political change can occur when 
people speak and publish any opinion at all, and can be suppressed 
by official or unofficial editing or censorship. Hence the open 
newswire.

We also take responsibility for keeping our space safe and useful 
for the people. We have a firmly established set of guidelines for 
the removal and or hiding of posts on our newswire. In a nutshell, 
we are able to control the content of the newswire, but don't have 
enough time to keep up with the trolls, infiltrators, insane, and 
misguided. 

We are not open for anyone to say anything about whatever. 

If you can possibly attend one of the meetings of the Editorial 
Collective, you can easliy become an Editor, with collective 
approval. Participation is our fuel, and our edge. It is what makes 
us the largest grass roots news organization ever.

I implore you to join us, in any way you can-any way at all. Make 
us in your minds eye of what the Peoples media can be.

I will help anyone wanting to join us and help us thrive in our 
mission. I will be glad to help you get involved and to take the 
reigns. That ablity, to help others learn and make Independent 
Media, is why I choose indymedia as my place of activism.

While we (The entire Seattle IMC - Editorial and Tech are still 
working and we need help) are now in an official pause to re-
imagine and reorganize our Collective, many of us still work to 
make activist media here. 

Most Sincerely, 

Joseph Eisenschmidt



   

Quoting x at riseup.net:

> The letters below speak about the problem of mean
> spirited comments in response to news posts.
> 
> I have seen a lot of this too.
> It really is disturbing sometimes.
> We all know the 'sticks and stones' rhyme but I
> think names and words can hurt.
> 
> Sorry for not getting to my point right away.
> 
> I have an idea about how to democratically deal
> with this sort of thing.
> 
> If every person who read an article had the
> chance to vote to delete a comment, then a
> comment could be automatically deleted if it
> received 5 delete votes from different computers,
> then it might be resolved in a way that respected
> all parties and made for no more additional work
> for editors.
> 
> This is probably not anything new, but I bet it
> would be hard to create the program.
> 
> There is a forum that uses technology similar to
> this called Majority Voice.
> 
> Maybe a tech at Majority Voice would have some
> helpful advice?
> 
> http://www.majorityVoice.com
> 
> That's about all I can think of for now.
> 
> Thank you all so much for the work you are doing.
> 
> I hope to make it to the meeting sunday.
> it is sunday right?
> I'll check the email I saved with that info.
> no need to respond.
> 
> See you all.
> 
> Peace, Love, and Pro-activity.
> 
> M

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Joseph