IPR’s twitter page is a listing of IPR stories that updates automatically, a short time after each story is posted. It can be set to deliver IPR headlines to your phone. I’m not sure whether our twitter feed should be used for additional purposes, and if so, which ones. Thoughts welcome in the comment section.
As I mentioned in the last update, IPR’s facebook group was for a while also given over to a feed of all IPR stories, but that ended when I upgraded the group at facebook’s suggestion so that it would not be deleted. At the moment, it’s an open discussion group where those who join the group can post and comment on other people’s postings. Should the automated story feed be restored? If so, how do we do it?
As I also mentioned last time, social network icons at the bottom of each post can be used to share IPR stories on facebook, twitter, and a number of other networks. I hope our readers will take more advantage of this feature.
IPR’s blogtalk has not been used lately, but remains open for use by IPR contributors. Blogtalk has limited the maximum times and times allowed for each show unless we pay them (I’m not sure how much).
[email protected] automatically forwards news tips to several IPR writers (the ones who have been signed up the longest). It can be used by anyone. Newer IPR writers are subscribed to a different group, which does not accept email from non-members. I try to forward all non-spam messages from the first group to the second whenever I can. Together, these two groups serve as our internal discussion forum for IPR writers. Our Open Threads are another way of sharing new stories we should be covering, as well as having conversations that do not fit into any existing discussion.
We could use more people to post articles at IPR. If you are interested in posting articles about alternative parties and independent candidates please write us at the above email address. We ask that our writers not post their own editorials as articles, although they may submit them for other IPR writers to post. Publishing editorials by other people that is relevant to our subject matter is OK.
What other social networks should IPR use? How can we better use the ones we already have? Ideas welcome in the comment section.
-paulie
I think we also have a youtube account somewhere, or used to. I can’t find it and I don’t think it was ever really used to put up any videos. If it even exist(ed), that is.