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If you
are thinking about posting Revolution Online materials, please read
the following guidelines closely (and share them with others).
Revolution Online is often asked
if it is OK to re-post and email of the materials that appear
on our site.
We are eager
to get a hearing and win an audience for the materials that
appear on our site -- we want to be part of the broad debate
in society and online. You can circulate and post our materials
freely to online communities you are part of -- as long
as you credit our site and provide a link back to http://revcom.us/
But this is
important: please do not antagonize your online communities
by posting in thoughtless ways. We are not interested in
alienating moderators or whole communities of politically-interested
people.
Here are some
guidelines to follow when posting:
- When contributing
to online discussions consider the audience and topics
of each location. We don't want your communities to feel
"spammed."
- Don't duplicate
postings. Check if someone else has already been posting
Revolution Online materials there (perhaps once a week).
- Pay attention
to the rules of your online communities (message boards,
professional and political e-lists, etc.) before posting.
Some communities do not appreciate cross-posted articles
-- especially if they are off-topic for the site/list.
Some people just promote the Revolution by including our web address
(http://rwor.org) in their "sig" (online signature)
whenever they send emails or post online comments.
- Respect reasonable
requests from moderators. Sometimes it helps to email
moderators of the community and simply ask what the best
way of contributing materials would be.
- Don't be discouraged
by hostile replies or distracted into flame-wars. Focus
on the larger reading audience, not on a few reactionary
trolls. Never respond with nasty quips, threats or name-calling.
We want our site and materials to be associated with a
high plane of principled ideological struggle.
- Many e-list
readers do not want long posts. In those places, you can
post brief explanation of why you found an article interesting,
give a few paragraphs from the article (to give a sense
of what it covers), and then provide
a link to the full article. (A full web address looks
like this: http://rwor.org/a/v24/1181-1190/1186/popquiz.htm)
- Please do
not ever claim to represent the Revolution -OR newspaper or Revolution Online.
- Each week,
the list of new Revolution articles includes numbers, like (1),
that indicate which articles we suggest making a special
effort to post. You can post those numbered articles --
or else pick other articles (including from our archives)
that may be better suited for your sites and audiences.
- Always include
the return link to http:/revcom.us/
in your posts (and include the http:// part so that the
link is clickable.) You can also add other links to pages
of our site -- like the special resistance page Chairman Avakian's writings http://revcom.us/chair_e.htm.
- If you see
someone posting materials from our site in provocative
or offensive ways, please inform us and include a URL
(web address) to the problem postings/threads.
To report such problems:
If you
have questions about online posting, you can always email us and ask. Or fill out a comment at the bottom of each article
- Finally, become a Revolution Volunteer, joined the organized forces spreading this out, summing up their experiences, and changing the world.
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