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Re: [microsound] microsound kiosk



I totally agree with you and have been frustrated
about this very thing for a while. I don't know how to
get folks to be more discursive with each other. But I
know that the rising use of this board (and others)
for mere promotions is discouraging. Perhaps "all the
microsound philosophers" *have* retreated from this
noise-I've seen it happen on other lists... I am in
favor of restricting/"booting" promotional. Someone
who is inteested in that can start a list relating to
that...

--- Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> is it me or has the noise to signal ratio gotten
> completely out of whack
> lately? it seems that this list has degenerated into
> nothing more than a
> poster kiosk for radio playlists, CD release
> announcements and software
> related questions...
> this is not what this list was originally created
> for and I'm discouraged to
> see absolutely NO philosophical discussions taking
> place or even looming in
> the distance...have all the microsound philosophers
> been driven off the list
> due to the noise?
> 
> also, there too many 'free-riders' here...i.e.,
> people who post promotional
> announcements but don't contribute to the list in
> other ways...
> 
> [think of posting promotional material as 'taking
> from the list' and posting
> ideas, engaging in productive discussions or posting
> links to new music
> (meaning: mp3 files created by list members) as
> 'giving to the list']
> 
> should I start booting people off the list who post
> promotional content and
> nothing else?
> 
> suggestions? ideas? topics?
> 
> 
>
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