a dearth of discusion

know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of Mankind is Man
Epistle II , An Essay On Man
Alexander Pope
this is for Max, wherever he is.
The dearth of discussion on the list is according to T. Whid due to the safety of the Blog.
Why expose your fears, doubts and inadequacy's on a large listserv when they can hide quietly on a Blog of friendly subscribers?
The list has changed, and so has it's purpose.
It's a quiet place, like the local Grocery Store announcement board.
Full of opportunities and chances to score a quick fix.
A year ago the list bristled with conversation and debate, now it lies languid, in the throws of a slow death.
The listserv's death has gone unnoticed.
I suggest we all send tributes to the former entity known as the discussion board.
Go hide on a blog, send raving messages to the constituents of your like desires.
Well MAX, we all join your silence,
quiet now, no need for noise , no need for exchange, no need for community.
Given the ability to finally interact and communicate globally the Art Worlds tethers have grabbed the Internet by the hair on it's head and rendered it voiceless.
Well done, once again the old world cannibalizes the new one.
Eric

Comments

, patrick lichty

This is a really interesting comment, and gives me some thought fodder.
See, I have usually disliked blogs and blogging because of this
particular social narrowing. In addition, I'm now blogging (a little)
at Thing, and possibly Furtherfield, but I much prefer lists because of
the larger audience. However, in order to address the current social
modes of communication, I may be forced to continue my personal blog.

What does this do (besides restricting/specializing our audiences) to
our communication?


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Subject: RHIZOME_RAW: a dearth of discusion

know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of Mankind is Man
Epistle II , An Essay On Man
Alexander Pope
this is for Max, wherever he is.
The dearth of discussion on the list is according to T. Whid due to the
safety of the Blog.
Why expose your fears, doubts and inadequacy's on a large listserv when
they can hide quietly on a Blog of friendly subscribers?
The list has changed, and so has it's purpose.
It's a quiet place, like the local Grocery Store announcement board.
Full of opportunities and chances to score a quick fix.
A year ago the list bristled with conversation and debate, now it lies
languid, in the throws of a slow death.
The listserv's death has gone unnoticed.
I suggest we all send tributes to the former entity known as the
discussion board.
Go hide on a blog, send raving messages to the constituents of your like
desires.
Well MAX, we all join your silence,
quiet now, no need for noise , no need for exchange, no need for
community.
Given the ability to finally interact and communicate globally the Art
Worlds tethers have grabbed the Internet by the hair on it's head and
rendered it voiceless.
Well done, once again the old world cannibalizes the new one.
Eric

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, Eric Dymond

patrick lichty wrote:

> This is a really interesting comment, and gives me some thought
> fodder.
> See, I have usually disliked blogs and blogging because of this
> particular social narrowing. In addition, I'm now blogging (a little)
> at Thing, and possibly Furtherfield, but I much prefer lists because
> of
> the larger audience. However, in order to address the current social
> modes of communication, I may be forced to continue my personal blog.
>
> What does this do (besides restricting/specializing our audiences) to
> our communication?
It truncates it. It also looses something, the stream of thought, the interaction is missing, something active and alive just isn't there.
Lists belong to a continuum, blogs are private and chunky, and read by far fewer people.
Eric