quoted 22 lines Hello, I'm new to the list here. I couldn't help notice that since I
> Hello, I'm new to the list here. I couldn't help notice that since I
> joined about a week ago, most of the posts here have been short
> messages being only requests to buy records, or pointers to for-sale
> lists.
>
> On one hand, I realize that the trading/buying/selling of 12" goods is a
> *huge* part of the culture, moreso than in probably any other forum
> of music these days -- all for obvious reasons. On the other hand,
> browsing through one "I have aphex, wgchrist, autechre for sale"
> type message after the other, each with no other content, can get rather
> boring.
>
> Maybe I joined at a slow time. Maybe I should just shut the fuck up.
> And I don't want to wish the good folks at Hyperreal any more work
> than necessary -- but has anyone ever considered the idea of an
> "idm-marketplace" list? Being an "org" site has its limitations, I
> know. But since most of the posts are more *pointers* to for-sale lists
> than actual for-sale lists (which is appreciated) and are, hence,
> more "OK" within an org site, I figure it may possible work. (For one
> thing, using the word "marketplace" at all may seem a bit obvious... :)
>
> Feel free to blast my whinings and general newbieness. I suck, I know.
Actually, I somewhat agree (though am constantly searching for those
forsale lists!) Thats why I started my whitezone-l (specifically
because I was tired of scanning the idm and ambient lists for forsale
lists, amongst the 'real' posts)
Some people make pretty good use of it (Puckered1 is a good example)
but alot of people posts their lists here also because the # of
people on the whitezone-l isn't all that big (at least I assume thats
why...)
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