If you do end up doing a free culture tumblr I could help with publishing content. I run these two tumblrs and I have over 300 followers on each:
http://fuckyeahnoamchomsky.tumblr.com/ http://thispuertoricanlife.tumblr.com/ btw this guy posts a lot of free culture related things: http://soup.lidel.org/ I frequently reblog him :) I think free culture should have a tumblr. Its very easy to run and things spread very quickly when they are reblogged so it should bring more eyes to free culture. Although it is a cloud based proprietary service I think that we should do whatever we can to reach those outside the normal circles that are attracted to free culture. After all even Richard Stallman had to use proprietary software to build GNU :) On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Jan-Christoph Borchardt < [email protected]> wrote: > Network effect is exactly the reason why we should not let free > alternatives down. > > I mentioned it before* and will continue: as this group, these > representatives, advocates of free culture, we are obliged to value > freedom just as high as ease-of-use. It _is_ ok to use Tumblr, to have a > Facebook group, to have a Twitter account to reach out – as long as we use > a similar free platform for the same purpose that also distributes the > information. Simple crossposting or copypasting, if we wouldn’t go that > extra mile (click) we would not be what we are. > > Yes, it might be insanely automagically easy™ to post to Tumblr. But then > again, what do we stand for? As pointed out, WordPress seems to have the > same or similar features. Who if not us should showcase them and in turn > make WordPress (or Identi.ca for that matter) more popular and eventually > help in making those services better? There is reciprocity between level > of usage and service quality, someone has to start. > > tl;dr: we don’t need to draw a line, we should use both to satisfy > outreach as well as principles. > > > > * in the role of the obnoxious person at the Diaspora talk, asking about > Google Groups & GitHub. I like you all. :) > > > > > This is what I was trying to point to. It has great potential for making > > information go viral, and also works great as a social networking > tool.... > > I also like the dashboard because you can "follow" other tumblr bloggers > > and get an RSS feed like thing, and keep up with new posts... etc. It's > > also super easy to share media on tumblr.. as opposed to Wordpress or > blog > > spot, where you may have a cap to how much you can upload. > > > > -Jen Baek > > > > On Feb 28, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Fred Benenson wrote: > > > >> Tumblr has it's issues, but it's network effects are what make it most > >> compelling: posts go viral quickly inside the tumblr world and that can > >> be a very powerful platform. > >> > >> So while you could try to replicate the functionality with Wordpress and > >> RSS, the audience likely wouldn't be the same. > >> > >> F > >> > >> On Feb 28, 2011, at 12:13 PM, "sarvÅ daya" > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Yes, and only for the people making posts, not much for readers i would > >>> say. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:45, Rich Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> What's the advantage of tumblr over our own blog? Is the appeal of > >>> tumblr just it's noobfriendlyness? > >>> > >>> R > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >>> Hash: SHA1 > >>> > >>> On 28/02/11 16:05, Alec Story wrote: > >>> > It's always a balance between open applications and ones that work > >>> > better, when such a dichotomy exists. > >>> > >>> Choosing a software platform that can censor you at any moment doesn't > >>> support your cultural freedom. > >>> > >>> There's various Wordpress themes that can be used to create a tumblog. > >>> > >>> - - Rob. > >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > >>> > >>> iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNa86FAAoJEOqcdhxmxssCvUEIALKkJL7auc3uCqnvuBQa6t0V > >>> KsmQ4vdqk60L6TBylauzDChi5yMbPedpoBCd1qgTVHln4GhLARMU4AmSi6RN+0sv > >>> 1RXwSRLMN9RYqJU3Frd5oza2khOHstsvrKnXy6NWmylb3Kssw5EVd5dsKw2pkoZe > >>> WM7wK3XhsBel6fNuGgFDQSeVtMuxI84E+ommER+ysYghBDJOq6XkxaRjCpsJ4xcw > >>> d+aGyQq1jstEBzAfC7eQxXLRYsN1HDLN79wXUtv1CoW8AAnDktA/8eYjjIq7K5Ee > >>> 583Do40IGHdY07T5B0fHgyAhRSnAfkBhCupwCpMasK1Mdqi6G7rUjGugFxSm8os= > >>> =zZf7 > >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >>> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >>> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> .sarvÅ daya > >>> > >>> [ð „½#] The Silent Number > >>> http://thesilentnumber.me/ > >>> ☮♥Ⓐ > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Discuss mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >>> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >
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