[Cc-webedit] CCA Website supporting private companies instead of communities

[Climate Camp Website Group]

Hey,

Sorry you're upset about this. We totally get that the private sector is
causing the problem. Unfortunately the reality is that if we want to and
expand our movement we have to reach out to those who might not already
be clued up about "open" alternatives. For example, Facebook is one of
our best referrers to the website and is a crucial networking resource.

We do aim to keep a balance though - that's why we're aggregating
Indymedia content on the front page and encouraging people to publish
news there.

Cheers,
Jon
Climate Camp Website Group

On Mon, 2009-08-31 at 17:37 +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> I would have liked to promote the CCA website, but its support for the
> privately-controlled media sites like Twitter and Facebook instead
> of the community-led competitors like Identi.ca and Wordpress means
> that I'm not going to.  This seems ingrained down to the choice of
> Flash video and MP3 audio.  I'm disappointed that the camp for climate
> action is so thoroughly supporting the private sector like that.
> Don't you think that the private sector is part of the climate problem?