"No Story to Tell Yet" and "Glitches"
STOP NYC Inc. | 17.07.2002 21:15 | Indymedia
Continueing on the subject of "Disruption of Indymedia", what's behind the "No Story to Tell yet" "glitches"?.
Numerous articles here at Indymedia U.K. have mysteriously disappeared, apparently victims of some "computer glitch"(which was supposed to have been corrected, we were told). It's amasing how selective these "glitches" have been-like the consistency of articles calling for economic boycotts of Isreal and/or the U.S. disappearing from the newswire, like my "Don't Finance Fascism" posted earlier and now displaying the "No Story to Tell Yet" when there WAS a story there, complete with comments, just hours earlier.
How sure can Indymedia U.K. be that their "computer glitch" isn't in the form of a zionist/fascist infiltrator?
How sure can Indymedia U.K. be that their "computer glitch" isn't in the form of a zionist/fascist infiltrator?
STOP NYC Inc.
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It's a technical glitch
17.07.2002 21:46
imc-uk-tech@lists.indymedia.org
However, to any newcomers to Indymedia the whole thing does look suspicious, and I must agree that the systems used by the IMC has a lot to be desired. Searching the site takes forever, and the results are barely legible unless you highlight them. Also posting articles and comments takes awhile, and I actually hit the stop button on my browser when posting to that "don't fiance fascism" article, this was also when the "no story to tell yet" bug raised its ugly head. The whole system used by IMCs could be made a lot more reliable in my view.
Thomas J
no story to tell
17.07.2002 22:39
dh
no story to tell yet
18.07.2002 08:52
THE SOLUTION is to copy the stories you think will be censored to a file and repost them continuously so people can read them
x
how about some common sense
18.07.2002 09:03
Grow up boys and get a life
matilda
sinister conspiracy
18.07.2002 11:08
How about separate 'News' and 'Views' sections - that might discourage the racists and conspiracy loons
fati
news + views classification
18.07.2002 14:12
This would be a great solution for the newswire.
hopefully!
Sometimes, paranoia can be well-founded !
18.07.2002 14:51
See this page for some details: http://uk.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=36080&group=webcast
The very frustrating 'NO STORY TO TELL YET'-phenomenon *could*, however, be a genuine technical glitch. My own suspicion is that this *tends* to happen when you have multiple windows open on this site, post in one then switch to a different window and hit 'reload' before the post is properly upped - patience or 5 minutes on a different site will bring rewards here - try it!?!
Needless to say, it would be of a great advantage if the technology could be improved to a degree which makes paranoia unnecessary. How about all sending €5 to IMC-uk for a shiny new box of tricks? Here is the link: http://uk.indymedia.org/donate.php3
Schalom, BP
BlackPope
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18.07.2002 17:01
Gagging
Wrong, because it *is* posted, 2 lines above
19.07.2002 13:21
BlackPope
gagging, x dh and stop NYC indy
20.07.2002 13:26
What angers me most about this train of comments and the posting is the complete lack of consideration shown by the above. Mr x, etc...Not only is this a fantastic source for info but is run by volunteers who wish to get info out. All you can do is shout your paranoid bilge out onto the newswire, without first enquiring on the e-mail lists about why it is happeneing. Did you go to IMC-tech and ask? You went straight to the newswire, didn't you, like a baby throwing his toys out of the pram. Your ego ran-away and your blinkered mind wanted to tell the world how the 'No story to tell'' was there because of the zionist/nazi link.
I wouldn't mind but it is harmful to Indymedia and although this site is open to criticism, it belongs to the people so you are not doing anyone any favours. Should you wish to criticise or indeed question a conspiracy then seek the truth. This was hardly a conspiracy theory on the scale of 'they didn't land on the moon'. A simple text to the IMC tech list could have helped your erratic mind and thoughts. Perhaps you might want to place your brain energy into something positive like investigating the government or a company and posting news in the newswire. Maybe even go to the lengths of seeing a good story on another website where aliens don't control the editing and post with a summary into the newswire.
Whatever you decide to do next please consider your actions and the effects it may have on those who appreciate and wish to maintain this service.
Up yours
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