[microsound] .microsound on Facebook

[Ian Andrews]

I'm not on FB and don't intend to be. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only 
one who thinks this way. Good to hear from other dissenters.
I totally share your views John.
I'm glad the list continues on.

cheers,

Ian

On 21/01/2014 5:39 am, John Hopkins 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