[microsound] .microsound on Facebook

[Johann Diedrick]

+1 for keeping the listserv. mails are infrequent, but i much prefer this
format than rolling it into another platform (full disclosure i don't have
a fb account)


On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 3:04 PM, Joe Lasqo <joe at joelasqo.com> wrote:

> Dear µ-sounders -
>
> I decline to participate in microsound on a surveillance-company platform
> like FB or Google+.
>
> A less malign platform like https://www.phpbb.com is perhaps worth
> considering, but as John DeNosky said, "if it ain't broke"… The current
> email format is working for me...
>
> Joe Lasqo
>
> joe at joelasqo.com
>
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>  *From:* "port.a.life at gmail.com" <port.a.life at gmail.com>
> *To:* "microsound at microsound.org" <microsound at microsound.org>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 20, 2014 11:44 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [microsound] .microsound on Facebook
>
> What about driving more conversation to the microsound website via a forum
> platform like https://www.phpbb.com/ or the like. Example:
> http://www.gearslutz.com/board/ this forum is alive and well and very
> active. Here here to making microsound stand on its own! - Paul
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:38 PM, Damián S. <dsilvani at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> +1 to keep this mailing list
>
> Even if it's not my case, I know of a lot of people that don't have
> profiles there because of privacy issues with it, and would be left out :-/
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 4:29 PM, Dara Shayda <dara1339 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree with John and the rest of appreciative posters.
>
> If original music was the voice for individual expression, Facebook Google
> and the rest of the spy-agencies criminally funded by the mislead public
> money, is the death of individuation specially in USA.
>
> I post here regularly and I know no gain will come to my person, but it is
> of paramount importance that INDIVIDUALS in Microsound discuss new
> compositional techniques as opposed to Facebook herds prodded by invisible
> men and women, kowtowing to super rich, pushing the herd towards fascistic
> retail music.
>
> I am more than willing to pay a monthly fee for Microsound to post my work
> here and enjoy the companionship of many brilliant minds and refined souls
> here.
>
> The loss of communities like Microsound  to me is clear indication of rise
> of fascism in most unlikely societies e.g. USA. Therefore this is beyond a
> discussion group for original music, this is for the sake of our
> individuality.
>
> The
>
> On 2014-01-20, at 6:39 PM, John Hopkins <jhopkins at tech-no-mad.net> wrote:
>
> > Hei Kim & fellow microsounders...
> >
> >> Judging from the number of posts it seems like this mode of
> communication, i.e.
> >> the email list, has become antiquated.
> >
> > well, it is definitely a reality that FaceBook has sucked the oxygen
> from a vast majority of public conversations. I think it is a pity. As an
> early adopter for many years (and as a 'new media' educator and long-time
> network performance artist), I checked out FB between 2006-11 and then
> closed my account for a variety of reasons -- including their
> data-harvesting policies and the insistence that one do everything 'their
> way'. Of course, one can argue that the NSA is collecting everything
> anyway, so who cares about Zuckerberg doing the same thing...
> >
> > oh well, I guess if the mailing list goes away, then I for one, perhaps
> the only one, will no longer have a microsonic voice :-\  Everything has a
> life-time, and dinosaurs do die...
> >
> > cheers, and the conversation has been nice while it lasted!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > JOhn
> > --
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > Dr. John Hopkins, BSc, MFA, PhD
> > photographer, media artist, archivist
> > http://tech-no-mad.net/blog/
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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