Re: Staying on the Looping topic

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

Personally (and I realize that I'm a young'un here (if nowhere else), 
I'd subscribed for a year or so, then two years off, now I've been back 
a week and already I'm in the top ten frequent posters list, ack!!) I'm 
of two minds about the discussion on discussion.

1). This is a looping list, no bones about it. This should be a place 
for looping talk only, so people know what they're getting when they 
subscribe, and the archives stay full of information dedicated to this 
one wonderful thing. There's power in a focus.
2). This is a community, with looping as the draw and the common bond. 
It's an extremely unique community, being full of people who are 
generally familiar and/or friendly with technology, and generally 
familiar with and/or interested in new and unusual music. It also seems 
unique in that I get the impression that most members are out of their 
teens and have years of experience to draw from. Hence the discussions 
and perspectives tend to be very well-informed and interesting, which is 
not typical for a list group, and everyone can benefit at some time or 
another from wide-ranging discussions.

I see the appeal of both ways of viewing the list. I may be a bit 
selfish in that this is the only listgroup I'm a part of, so I enjoy 
participating in whatever topics are being discussed, looping or not. 
But on the other hand, I wish to respect Kim's vision (and work and 
bandwidth).

I really like the suggestion/reminder a few days ago to take discussions 
off-list as soon as they turn into one-on-one Q & A sessions. And it's 
never a bad idea to think a few times before posting, regardless of what 
it's about (looping or not). I think this could improve the volume of 
chatter/quality of content ratio in general.

I'll shut up for awhile now. :-)

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com