<P>Someone should write a book about the lifecycle of internet mailing
lists!</P>
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<P>Mark</P>
<P><BR>------- Original message -------<BR>FromJohn Counts
<POLYCYCLICISM@YAHOO.COM><BR>DateMon, 24 Feb 2003
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<P>><PRE>> This list is so fun- it's funny to me how "hot
quoted 26 lines threads" seem to reappear in a cyclical fashion i.e.
>threads" seem to reappear in a cyclical fashion i.e.
>too much spam and non-IDM stuff, calling our music
>"intelligent" is elitist, etc., etc. It's also funny
>how this plays out in real time because, on the one
>hand, many people cry out that IDM is too elitist and
>that the "intelligent" aspect is so debatable but on
>the other hand, new people to the list get smacked
>with an 8th grade title (newbie) and get chided when
>they try to "run with the boys." By the way, I'm not a
>newbie even though I've been Hime-spanked before as
>being one (a lurker since 1998). So, whenever the
>threads like "List Suggestions-- Please Read" come up,
>I always get a chuckle because it's the great IDM
>drama coming full circle. I love this list the way it
>is- warts and all. I dare anyone to match a resource
>this vast for all things electronic and entertaining
>personalities. Parsing it, re-classifying it, doing
>anything to it would rob it of its color.
> Anyway, that's what I think. Continue on....
> Octo
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