This is spot on. I was involved in Indymedia back and those two challenges: lack of resources to maintain the tech and weak editorial policy was our downfall.
So encouraging to see new alternative media models learning those lessons. I hope the Mutu model spreads the way you're hoping it does in the UK.
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