[microsound] .microsound on Facebook

Mon Jan 20 16:17:06 EST 2014

Hi everyone!

Even though I´m a silent follower of the microsound email list, and have
been for some years now, the end of it would be a shame. I do not and will
not have a facebook account.

Cheers and happy new year

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 8:22 PM, <port.a.life at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>> > --
>> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > Dr. John Hopkins, BSc, MFA, PhD
>> > photographer, media artist, archivist
>> > http://tech-no-mad.net/blog/
>> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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