What's the matter with Indymedia?
"Conceived initially to allow everybody to 'be the media,' Indymedia is plagued by everything from fascist messages to paralyzing ideology to good old fashioned laziness.
"In the last week of November 1999, a news website run entirely by volunteers was launched. 'Don't hate the media; be the media' was the battle cry of hundreds of people who converged in Seattle to bring about the birth of the Independent Media Center (IMC, or Indymedia). The project promised the democratization of the media, and more: 'Imperfect, insurgent, sleepless and beautiful, we directly experienced the success of the first IMC in Seattle and saw that the common dream of "a world in which many worlds fit" is possible,' wrote media activist and Seven Stories Press editor Greg Ruggiero. The idea was contagious. Almost 6 years on, there are 149 Indymedia websites in about 45 countries on 6 continents."
Source: AlterNet
Indymedia, I hate to agree, is not reaching expectations. Sydney Indymedia would be lucky to have as many posts a month as we do in a day or two. That's just crazy, and baffling. I can't be too critical, because I want someone to do what I haven't got time to do: put some time into it.
By the way, I really hate that the Australian Indymedias are so hard to find in the left-hand sidebar. Oceania deserves cross-heading status as much as Europe, South Asia or Canada.
"In the last week of November 1999, a news website run entirely by volunteers was launched. 'Don't hate the media; be the media' was the battle cry of hundreds of people who converged in Seattle to bring about the birth of the Independent Media Center (IMC, or Indymedia). The project promised the democratization of the media, and more: 'Imperfect, insurgent, sleepless and beautiful, we directly experienced the success of the first IMC in Seattle and saw that the common dream of "a world in which many worlds fit" is possible,' wrote media activist and Seven Stories Press editor Greg Ruggiero. The idea was contagious. Almost 6 years on, there are 149 Indymedia websites in about 45 countries on 6 continents."
Source: AlterNet
Indymedia, I hate to agree, is not reaching expectations. Sydney Indymedia would be lucky to have as many posts a month as we do in a day or two. That's just crazy, and baffling. I can't be too critical, because I want someone to do what I haven't got time to do: put some time into it.
By the way, I really hate that the Australian Indymedias are so hard to find in the left-hand sidebar. Oceania deserves cross-heading status as much as Europe, South Asia or Canada.
Pip Wilson posted item above at 1:00 AM | Permalink
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