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I remember clearly a Tunisian opposition party was using a RISEUP mailing list around 2006 to spread its articles, political statements, etc... (When they were
by Raed667 10y ago
I remember clearly a Tunisian opposition party was using a RISEUP mailing list around 2006 to spread its articles, political statements, etc... (When they were banned before the revolution of 2011).
Not all politicians can/know how to operate anything more complex than an email account.
- Cyph0n 10y agoThat's an interesting piece of history. It kind of makes sense that accessibility can sometimes be worth the potential downsides. By the way, are you a fellow Tunisian? I'm kind of surprised because I've never run into a Tunisian on HN :p
- Raed667 10y agoMaybe one day I'll release an archive of pre-2011 emails and IRC logs. Yes I'm Tunisian, I only know of a couple active people around here, but there is a ton of readers.
- Cyph0n 10y agoWow, so you operated mail and IRC servers for use by dissidents pre-2011? I would definitely attend a talk about that! A blog post would be amazing too. I see, that's great to hear. I don't live in Tunisia, so I'm not familiar with the Tunisian tech scene. Judging by your Twitter feed, it seems to be really active, which is awesome!
- Raed667 10y agoNothing that impressive, I was just a bystander, I had a bot that logged IRC conversations on certain rooms and I subscribed to a number of mailing lists. I just need to find the time to filter that data and publish something.