Easening the game

Day 3,784, 04:37 Published in USA USA by Alphabethis

Easening the game.

One of the characteristics of the game is a strong community, and the
communication that takes place in it. It would seem that any mean of
communication would suit the purpose of receiving orders, help,
information... , but each mean bears some inconveniences.

Forums--each nation has its-- is one the most acclaimed among
older players. Many of these forums are even outside the
game. Although, forums can carry loads of information and can be
tracked for years, they have several problems: new forms of hierarchy
arises, new tight oligarchies,... The discussions in the forums are
not always friendly, sometimes they are bitter or even quarrels, and
then the moderators are biased. Another point is 'privacy', as long as
you 'expose' more data of you, you become weaker, because that
information can be used against you. Forums increase the risk of
unwanted leaks.

Another way of communication is google docs. In this case, the worst
part is the lack of the privacy, since you may be using your main
google account, and voila you full real life identity may be
revealed.

The question is that every information flow could be carried out
on... personal newspapers, from weapons delivery to daily help, to
political debate... everything. Specially, when newspapers carry very
low ammount of information these days.