[Imc-uk-features] promotions and question

[Garcon du Monde]

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hey all :)

maqui wrote:
> On Tuesday, September 11, 2007, at 12:11  am, Garcon du Monde wrote:
> 
>> i promoted a couple of articles - and wonder why some of them weren't
>> promoted earlier. maybe this is me being out of touch??
>>
>> 1. RG360 WPC Knowles - Stalking activists to keep us all safe (380733)
> 
> i think this probably escaped admins radar. it happens sometimes, or at 
> least i sometimes also promote articles that have been left unpromoted 
> and i wonder why, actually often relate to international news.

yeah, this wasn't what the question was about - it was top of the wire
(or second top or something) when i promoted it, so i wasn't worried
that people had missed it.

>> 2. Manchester mental health staff strike again (380721)
>>
>> why wasn't this promoted earlier?? it is (appears to be) an article
>> about a workers' rights issue affecting the health service, and
>> something that is not being heavily promoted elsewhere. i guess the
>> reason may be that it is an article on libcom.org, but it still seems
>> highly relevant to indymedia and the struggles we are meant to be
>> representing. can anyone offer me some answers about this?
> 
> well, i've wondered about these too myself and i've waited to see what 
> other admins were doing about them. there have been a few reposts from 
> libcom lately, and they are often left unpromoted. i guess the reason 
> being because they are straight reposts, the same as the globalresearch 
> ones and the like.
> 
> i think the consensus is not to promote straight reposts, otherise it 
> can become a bit tricky to decide what is 'important' and what not. 
> this is very subjective, innit?, although io agree with ftp  that 
> worker's rights issues are important and that they are not being 
> covered in the mainstream. but, all in all, i agree with not promoting 
> straight reposts, mainly because they can still can be seen in the wire 
> quite prominently.

so, i guess this raises another question: how effective is the promoted
newswire? i.e. how many people use the promoted wire as a default, or
just click straight onto it and ignore the unpromoted stuff, etc? i
guess this will be hard to figure out precisely, but i'd be interested
in peoples' thoughts.

>> 3. Local government unions break ranks over latest offer (380719)
>>
>> similar to above article, although i know less about this subject.
> 
> another libcom repost no?

yeah, it was just another example.

anyway, thanks for the comments maqui :)

solidarity,

	--gdm
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