Re: Hacktivism List Proposal 2.0

[Chuck0 <chuck@tao.ca>]

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My understanding of the list moderation proposal that we crafted is that
it will allow list members to overlay a "radical filter" on the list, by
posting excellent posts which won't get lost in a flurry of "me too"
flotsam.

Chuck0

Aimee wrote:
> 
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> 
> hello all,
> 
> I am hoping that the "radical filter" idea might be
> brought up again in addition to the proposed changes in
> the form and function of the list (the current ones i
> like, including the trash site...)  Perhaps this is a
> losing battle...
> 
> Both difficult and full of possibility is that hacktivism
> isn't a defined, clearly circumscribed thing.  My
> feelings about hacktivism is that it is computer
> technology action directed at social change/justice
> goals.
> 
> My feelings are also that a hacktivist ethic is more
> directed than the broad hacker (libertarian) ethic that
> censorship is bad, free flow of information is good, and
> there should be no/very little regulation on networked
> communication.
> 
> Questions about in what directions this differentiated
> hacktivist ethic will take are questions I am interested
> in exploring with the participants of the list.
> 
> I don't know if these questions will be explored without
> a radical filter or something that takes hacktivism in a
> more specialized and radically politically oriented
> direction than hacking.
> 
> am i off base?  am i on the wrong list?
> 
> aimee
> 
> p.s. big up to those on the committee or whatever it's
> called for taking up the not-so-fun and also rather time
> consuming task of drawing up proposals and trying to
> integrate feedback.  you folks rock.
> 
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