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Re: [jox] Mission statement (was: Request for comments)

Mathieu O'Neil wrote:

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Hi Regarding an opinion opposed to the editorial line - there is no line so far. Like StefanMn said, if someone advocated a POV that was fundamentally opposed to peer production that might be problematic but I think that is unlikely to happen.
I would guess that it's actually extremely likely to happen: there is a well-established position which holds that peer-production is a con designed to extract free labour in support of capitalism, and that modern capitalism actually depends on this free labour. It's hard to say what to do about this: the idea is obviously on-topic, but equally obviously in the context a trolling technique which can potentially bog the journal down in endless for- and against- arguments. Especially as the argument can be associated with theses I feel are proto-fascist (I wrote 'I' because I know not everyone does, but I also know I'm not the only one to feel like this).
There were a couple of cases of this already on the list; I feel we (including me) didn't deal with them well, but don't know how they could have been dealt with better - both cases generated lengthy flames. Maybe collect such articles and reserve them for one particular edition. 


Cheers
Graham
(who has been off dealing with family problems but will try to be a bit more present again)
In any case to safeguard the pluralism of views I think dialogue and a case-by-case approach would work best (if someone makes a well-structured argument that someone else on the team disagrees with they can always write a rebuttal). 

cheers
Mathieu

ps. Michel, you did not indicate whether you wanted to be a reviewer...


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