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I'm not going to lie, I don't see the forum becoming a massive hub for anarchists the world over. I wouldn't even know where to begin in really handling something of that size. However, my own intuition guides me to respond to fears, uncertainty, or indifference by stating simply that instead of endeavoring to collect a massive user base and becoming a huge, unwieldy project, Anarchist International would be better understood as a tentatively coördinated tool that, like all useful things, can be picked up when needed and then put down. "Tentatively…" mainly because I have never done this before, but also because I don't want this message board to simply be a vanilla forum that never tries to be something more than whatever stereotype one might apply to it; that never tries to live up to my repeated emphasis of its experimental qualities. This press release is not only an invitation to participation, but also collaboration and commitment to improving the project. Re: Security—Do make a note of the fact that the forums organized for collaboration on projects are only accessible—or viewable, for that matter—by registered users. That is to say, general announcements and regional forums will be open to the public on a read-only basis, but the forum(s) tailored for projects that have necessitated the use of a forum will be protected. I'm not sure how reassuring that is, but at the very least these sort of things aren't open to any person who walks in on the board.
These forums, while having already been named as part of a larger online based project, will only fail to the extent that people do no take a serious interest, do not commit themselves to the nature of the project, and do not contribute to the project; all Anarchy Planet projects stand apart from each other. This has been demonstrated before in that this board failed once because of a lack of interest and a resultant lack of sustainable obligation by its sponsors, and has been resurrected. I, and others involved, are anticipating that this board will be part of a larger movement towards experimentation and dissemination of the skills necessary to establish inspired projects by other anarchists or their fellow travelers.
I am fully open to technical collaboration (i.e., knowledge sharing) with other online projects anarchists have generated. In fact, I am aspiring to it because, frankly, this project won't be able to succeed on its own and with merely me organizing it. Notably, Anarchist Black Cat has successfully facilitated a multilingual message board for anarchists.(Please refer to: Language Support forums… First topic) I have also made sure that Anarkismo's RSS is featured (if only in an improvised fashion, for now) in the News, History, and Culture forum. I'm looking forward to cross-pollination.
Welcome to Anarchist International,
madlib (the site's administrator)
anarchistinternational.org/
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