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Re: [microsound] microsound kiosk




Kim Cascone 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?
>
>

Funny you should post this.  I just resubscribed yesterday to check and
see if anyone was actually having conversations on this list again. 
Apparently not.

Do you think booting people will help?  If you boot all the people who
only post promotional material, who will be left?

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