I’m referring to this post here (please don’t click the shortened URL link within that post; the actual reading list is, well, fine, but such a shortened link has, well, undesirable repercussions).
I realize that I made an error. Granted, I felt that the replies were really, err, shit-posty (and to be fair: the ML community on the Internet has a history of lots of shit-posting, memes, non-serious posts, blah, blah, blah). But… I was wrong. And I was wrong to get defensive about it.
Not sure what else to say, but I’ll probably delete the post soon; I’m just leaving it there as an example of what I did wrong and what I’m referring to.
So yeah, there you go. 👍
This is more for communists that are interested in joining the Communist Party, but I don’t have a downloadable list/file. Should I have one?
So I ended up getting it to make a copy, I think my adblocker or another security extension was stopping the site from popping the option.
As to if you should have an downloadable version, it is up to you or the others that helped put it together. But given how quickly leftist information goes from pretty simple to overwhelming. I personally think that stuff like this is helpful for getting starting points on a broad range of topics. This may be specific to joining the CPUSA in this case. However other leftist orgs or versions (like Trots, Democratic Socialists, anarchists, etc) could also benefit from this information even if they still disagree. Same kind of thing would be cool to see from those other groups because all have theory and history which is/can be again overwhelming.
Maybe a PDF copy or another eBook style format would be a good idea. Though aside from your initial post causing some cautious reactions (which I know you have already made piece with). This is still a good version to share as CryptoPad is pretty nice. With there being so many ways to share and view stuff, it (to me) always seems to make sense to have information in whatever formats possible. Make it too easy so that it can be shared by that person to their friends/family/co-workers/comrades and from them to others. Again though, that is just how I personally think about stuff I find important and want to remove all possible excuses (within my control at least) from being able to access it.
I wouldn’t mind a downloable copy. I’ll see what I can do. Thanks!