[Imc-alternatives] NAMES: alternatives/solutions/change....

[Dave Fregon]

On Thu, 2008-06-19 at 14:45 -0700, Mr.Liberal II wrote:
> Forget about arguing about what to name the project. What's more
>   important is MAKING the news!!! Below is link of top 30 On-Line News
>   sources the public goes to. Indymedia.org is NOT listed.

How very very US centric, very US print media oriented, and totally
wrong :P

Don't tell me the chinese for instance, have US news sources as they
most popular news sites. Maybe try some various sources rather than just
US ones, which personally I find extremely biased and just plain wrong.

And they don't take into account language, or any other countries for
one. Or the fact that the most popular news sources on the internet are
actually those sites that collate various news outlets and blogs etc,
such as google and yahoo news, and are _very_ country specific.

Besides that, Indymedia is very different. If you look at the list, you
will find basically all these publications were print publications
before being online, and that is in fact the focus of the article. They
made a HUGE amount of money offline and still do, and it's the
advertising monies they make offline, that funds their online abilities.

It's the money and historical and current exposure of these
publications, and the fact the whole article is about _newspaper_ web
sites, is why indymedia is not listed.

> More important
>   to cover/make independant news stories for the public,and not the name
>   or your project.
> http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?

I don't think indymedia should be 'making' news that's what FOX does.
And I do think a name is important when your avenue of making your
source popular is only via online methods.

Peoples attention is short online, if you can get a message across in a
name, you give yourself a leg up, however small.

Saying that, my concerns are that indymedia tends to 'market' to
indymedia, not the average joe and jenny blow. 

A catchy simple name that makes sense goes a long way toward bridging
that.

I think alternatives is great, after seeing what people have had to say.

-- 
Dave Fregon

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