Promote RI?

[proldic]

Recently, links to RI accompanied by an endorsment have been broadcast on some US-based left message boards and listserves.<br><br>I'm wondering honestly without really having a firm opinion yet -- is extending this promotional campaign further necessarily a good thing for this board? <br><br>Is "what's good" for Jeff's writing -- which is about as on-point as anything out there right now, and deserved of promotion -- going to end up as the same as "what's good" for what is/was a parapolitical discussion board? How seperate are they, anyway? <br><br>Is there "consensus" on what this board is to be? Can anybody influence it? Since I've been reading, it has a very mystical quality to it, that goes beyond even my own will.<br><br>Does the process of acheiving consensus always birth what is <!--EZCODE ITALIC START--><em>right</em><!--EZCODE ITALIC END-->? How much weight to "consensus" should Jeff be expected to grant (it is his final call, after all).<br><br>Since I've been here, it seems that Jeff has acheived a healthy balance of hands-on -- and mainly hands-off --moderation. But times are changing. <br><br>Beyond that, are fruitful collaborative research and debate assisted by increasing the hits? <p></p><i></i>