I use this site more as a reader than a writer and am always blown away by the quality of commentary and analysis. That does not mean I agree with any of the people who write here - but it is distinctive - as is the ambition of having a working trans-european blog in the 'style' of DKOS.

If you want to get better known and become visible - ask your contributors to each invite 5 of the best bloggers in their territories, and ten of their online contacts - who they imagine would appreciate being invited - to contribute.

Bitter virtual scraps are part and parcel of any attempt at an ideal agora. I come from an indymedia background - a place which pioneered citizens media and know far too much about them for my own good.

What they taught me is that an agora to survive - needs to be controlled by the community - in as dispersed way as possible - if it is to become an agora - rather than become someone elses public house where you can have a smoke and drink if you pay and have to hold your tongue.

You do a fantastic job - you are a very acute writer - you write across the atlantic in an almost unprecedented way. You should trust the community you built and stop taking all the stress of normal problems on yourself. If there werew 20 people in control you could do 1/20th of the worrying.

As we used to say in Indymedia Ireland - "All Power To The Commenteers!"