[microsound] .microsound on Facebook

Mon Jan 20 15:22:21 EST 2014

I see facebook more as a replacement for the announce list, it has its
place I guess... though its just endless scrolling of post spam already....
No real discussion happening. Just people pasting links to youtube and
bandcamp to try to drive traffic.... whatever, its kool.... but to me FB is
boring...  let's talk about why we need to consume so much content, It
seems like FB has made everyone lazy that is seeking creative content and
connection. What a poor substitute it really is for creativity when I think
about it. I have fallen into the trap, and daily think about killing my
account, but why haven't I done it yet? I don't quite know the full answer.

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
>
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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
> > --
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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