Open Letter to UK Indymedia

Riddler | 27.10.2002 22:44

The idea that fuels independent media centres is that the media belongs to us all.

It is now time to cut through the bullshit concerning the poor or old hardware that afflicts this site. Questions concerning censure and hiding of posts abound, but are always met with the same old answer. It's a hardware problem or a programming glitch and not individuals involved in the IMC project deliberately censoring posts for personal reasons.

What is the hardware problem, and more importantly what hardware would solve it? Ask for hardware solutions and you may be surprised. What hardware is needed? What software is needed?

If you don't ask you don't get.

Riddler

Comments

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You simply repost

27.10.2002 23:12

A lot of my stuff appears in hidden at the same time as it appears online.
In my experience it's best not to get uptight about it.
Simply repost (save your commentary to Word or something before hitting Submit)
You can always put it on again, and the collective will kindly knock out anything that appears more than once online

Thanks I know that.....but

27.10.2002 23:25

NO STORY TO TELL

There are always solutions to problems. Ask and you may be surprised :)

Riddler

Database problem...

27.10.2002 23:45

The NO STORY TO TELL YET problem IS a software clich.

I don't know what would solve it but I know that simply editing the problem article, by adding a space or something, will cause the database to update and the article to appear correctly from then on.

There is no sinister plot, it's just a bug.

I don't know if anyone is working on a solution.

ben

2 dh

28.10.2002 07:43

every other fucker sends me attachments in Word, why do they automaticall, that every one has WORD ?

BOYCOTT MICROSOFT !!

problems with uploads

28.10.2002 09:17

I had problems with uploading, too, making me loose some hours of typing and trying to redo it a days late.
That makes me quite unenthusiastic of using imc, despite of knowing it was the accidential database problem and not censoring.
Apart from that I am concerned that imc uk becomes too mainstream and no longer a tool for activists because of some idiots abusing open posting, and that in depth articles which take a long time to write and research drop out of the newswire too quickly, which might not make it attractive to use.

I know this won't please you but...

28.10.2002 10:33

"The no story to tell yet" quote is because of hardware problems, and is being looked into. Solutions are never imediate. sorry. Posts get hidden when they do not stick to the sites editorial guidelines. This is how the site is run, an open group decides this, if you would like it different it is easy to set up your own site.

imc'ista

Still confused

28.10.2002 16:02

Still confused. Is it a software glitch or a hardware problem? I don't believe it is a sinister plot, but it has gone on for a long time and leaves indymedia uk open to a lot of negative rumours. If I wanted to start my own site then I would do that.

Riddler

Would like to help...

29.10.2002 04:26

I'm fed up with seeing this incorrect error message (see below) when trying to publish. There must be *many* people who give up publishing when this happens... Indymedia is therefore losing out on a lot of useful news which won't get published because of a technical issue.

I'd like to help you to get to the technical root of the problem and to solve it once and for all. Can you let me know how to reach the Indymedia UK people by phone?
(e-mail offers of help haven't been answered)

Thanks for everything you're doing, Indymedia team! I'd really like to help solve this problem!

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Little_Red_Hen