This list is only going to be as good as we make it...and lately I've
realized that I don't much like it...so I'm getting involved.
Lurking is fine if you don't really care, but if you want the list to
improve, do whatever it is that you think should be done. For me, this means
ignoring the tripe and the bile, deleting all the insulting and useless
stuff...and contributing my own thoughts on things. There seem to be two ways
to increase the signal to noise ratio of this place...1) kick out the
offenders (or, more to the point, address them at all) or 2) simply ignore
the noise and broadcast your own signals. I'm choosing the second.
I could go somewhere else for musical advice, reccommendations and general
insight, but why should I? I still share a lot of the same tastes as much of
the list and it's still useful for me. So I'm getting more involved...just my
4 cents...inflation, you see.
---brian
William VanLoo wrote:
quoted 38 lines I'd like to open the floor to the more intelligent members of IDM-L and
> > I'd like to open the floor to the more intelligent members of IDM-L and
> > ask what should be done about the rampant abuse and subsequent
> > deterioration of this list.
>
> Brock,
>
> I've been on the list for quite some time myself, and I've come to the
> realization that IDM-L is not really the place for me. Here's why.
>
> I often download my mail in the morning, select all new IDM messages,
> excepting a few messages with interesting subject lines or from people
> I know and respect, and delete the rest. Why? I think IDM-L is far too
> broad. I don't enjoy much of the music that gets discussed here,
> although I do stay on because of the rare gems.
>
> So what's the answer? For me, it's keeping a subscription to IDM &
> treating it as a totally secondary entity, instead of the one true
> community that I belong to for music discussion. In addition to IDM, I
> am on a number of genre-specific lists - Microsound, minimalism, 313,
> ambient. These lists have a much more narrow focus and much better
> signal-to-noise ratio.
>
> Unfortunately, this doesn't say much for the future of IDM, but maybe
> it offers some suggestions to those who have been long-time members
> and are frustrated in the way Brock is.
>
> checking in from time to time,
>
> Bill / dj marathon
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