npub1z0…4kyzg on Nostr: I love seeing the resurgence of local counter-info sites. For a minute there, ...
I love seeing the resurgence of local counter-info sites. For a minute there, npub1p9t76z035svpg0tk87rmysa06p3etuxdzukhmte02w7zgdlt77rs28mltx (npub1p9t…mltx) was really the only platform people used, but they couldnt both operate above ground with a wide reach and be the first to print sketchy communiques. I love going on their submission page and seeing the list of other projects there, and I know there are even more than that, since new ones keep starting.
When actions get posted on a local site, IGD is still there to give things wider reach, which is crucial, since a bunch of counter-info sites are hard banned on FB, Insta and other platforms, and sometimes even delisted on Google. And being regional means folks who would be interested elsewhere or with whom we want to be in conversation might not find out.
Like npub184jrtv5fg8t3apgz9yvqmcvwug8s8xlpped66kadhy2vhlw7jq7qtkxde7 (npub184j…xde7) , my local site, you can't post any links to it on those platforms even in private messages, and google only leads to it if you search exactly the site name, but not if you search for given posts or subjects (I don't actually know if that is because of repression or something else, but it started around the same time as the ban on the socials, during ShutDown Canada). And people outside Ontario don't really check it.
However, when stuff gets picked up by IGD, even in a column like Night Owls, it becomes way easier to find. Here's to the anarchist media ecosystem getting richer again!
When actions get posted on a local site, IGD is still there to give things wider reach, which is crucial, since a bunch of counter-info sites are hard banned on FB, Insta and other platforms, and sometimes even delisted on Google. And being regional means folks who would be interested elsewhere or with whom we want to be in conversation might not find out.
Like npub184jrtv5fg8t3apgz9yvqmcvwug8s8xlpped66kadhy2vhlw7jq7qtkxde7 (npub184j…xde7) , my local site, you can't post any links to it on those platforms even in private messages, and google only leads to it if you search exactly the site name, but not if you search for given posts or subjects (I don't actually know if that is because of repression or something else, but it started around the same time as the ban on the socials, during ShutDown Canada). And people outside Ontario don't really check it.
However, when stuff gets picked up by IGD, even in a column like Night Owls, it becomes way easier to find. Here's to the anarchist media ecosystem getting richer again!