[microsound] lynx et al

[Kim Cascone <kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

well I'm not sure how the rumor of 'no links allowed' came about and 
this is all news to me...what I did ban was shameless self-promotion by 
people who don't contribute to the list but who blindly use the list as 
a free kiosk for posting CD's and concert announcements...this is not 
productive to building our community and I see this as really rude 
behavior...

again, a rule of thumb:
this list (and the microsound community) is like a bank in that you can 
take stuff from it ONLY if you contribute to its growth and 
activity...if this means you want to post a link, share some music and 
get feedback for discussion then this is exactly what the community is 
based on: sharing information and energy...no-one ever said this was 
verboten...BUT...
if you want to get more people to your gigs or buy your new CD by 
taking treating our email list as FREE advertising and don't want to 
add to the community then the announcement list is for you...you can 
post announcements about your new whiz-bang revolutionary glitch CD, 
your concerts at Mutek, Ars Electronica or Sonor or whatever and you 
don't have to contribute to any discussion or contribute any work 
towards building our community with ideas and content...no fuss, no 
muss and no dirt under the fingernails! ;)

please remember that the 'no-advertising rule' came about as a 
*response to the community* -- many microsound members complained and 
ASKED me to enforce this -- it is not something I dreamt up and 
enforced willy-nilly...but I don't agree with the opintion that the 
list is the same as before this rule went into effect...I think the 
lack of shameless wham-bam advertising has rekindled the spirit of the 
list: that of open discussion concerning aesthetic and political issues 
having to do with microsound...

anyway, I'm also excited that people are planning a summer project! 
please feel free to make use of the TWiki (note to Graham Miller w/r/t 
not knowing what a TWiki is: TWiki is really VERY simple and I think 
that even somebody at your level of computer skills could figure it 
out)
....and also would someone (also) ask Eric <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> to fix 
the damn hotline server?! I'll Cc him on this post...

peace
the mgmt


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