I think of idea 2 as being precisely for *finding* people in the global south etc etc, but it really would depend on zines making an effort, and will they? hmmm
--But more generally, yeah, ideas 2 and 3 put big stumbling blocks up, and even if they didn't, they're kind of what-if solutions that aren't immediately put-in-place-able.
Probably something like what you're saying about having narrow--and shifting! opening windows, and then maybe something like no. 1 could mechanically deter spam.
But it is a huge problem.
Re no. 3, I do think people up and just forming groups and then sharing writing publicly would be ways in which we could get to learn of new writers (or relatively unknown ones--I count myself in that number)--imagine this scenario:
Joyce Chng or Eve Shi (just to take two people I know of who are in the Global South right now) form a writers circle with some of their acquaintances both local to them and far flung across the internet. That group shares stuff publicly and announces it via various social media. Someone like me, who follows them online, shares what they've shared. Now I'm a nobody, but I'm friends with people who aren't nobodies. Maybe CSE Cooney, who follows me and is more widely known, shares what I share--and so people get known.
If I form a writing circle, I would love you to join--in all seriousness (but also: no pressure). Unlike the crowdfunding for buying twitter, this is something I may actually do.
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Date: 2023-02-22 06:43 pm (UTC)I think of idea 2 as being precisely for *finding* people in the global south etc etc, but it really would depend on zines making an effort, and will they? hmmm
--But more generally, yeah, ideas 2 and 3 put big stumbling blocks up, and even if they didn't, they're kind of what-if solutions that aren't immediately put-in-place-able.
Probably something like what you're saying about having narrow--and shifting! opening windows, and then maybe something like no. 1 could mechanically deter spam.
But it is a huge problem.
Re no. 3, I do think people up and just forming groups and then sharing writing publicly would be ways in which we could get to learn of new writers (or relatively unknown ones--I count myself in that number)--imagine this scenario:
Joyce Chng or Eve Shi (just to take two people I know of who are in the Global South right now) form a writers circle with some of their acquaintances both local to them and far flung across the internet. That group shares stuff publicly and announces it via various social media. Someone like me, who follows them online, shares what they've shared. Now I'm a nobody, but I'm friends with people who aren't nobodies. Maybe CSE Cooney, who follows me and is more widely known, shares what I share--and so people get known.
If I form a writing circle, I would love you to join--in all seriousness (but also: no pressure). Unlike the crowdfunding for buying twitter, this is something I may actually do.