Re: [ARSCLIST] message board vs. listserv

[Scott Phillips <scottp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Gentleman / Ladies, 

	I for one consider the information, insights, and recollections
that appear here valuable and rare enough that they are worth my time to
dig for, regardless of the format it appears in. I am used to the
current list, and have set up auto sorting and archiving in my email
software to assist in that. Were it to change to a message board format
or whatever other format desired by the masses, I'd still find a way to
read, sort, and archive it. As an example, I had little interest in
record shops of old prior to actually reading the posts about them, but
surprisingly (to me) I found out about kind of a 'sub-culture' I
previously had no knowledge or appreciation of. For me at least, some
gems can only be searched out by my own eyes, not search engines,
titles, or key words. The time spent is worth it, even though I hardly
have anything I could call 'spare' time.....

What is the value of knowledge and perspective, after all, if not some
of your time?

Scott Phillips



-----Original Message-----
From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of andy kolovos
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 9:20 AM
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] message board vs. listserv

stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "andy Kolovos" <akolovos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
>>I've got zero time during the day to visit and pour over a message
board.
>>
> 
> I should think that one might PORE over a message board...
> unless, of course, one could gather its readership in one place and 
> had a large enough jug of whatever sunstance...
> :=)
> 
> Steven C. Barr
> 

Steven,

Is this an effort to instigate a flame war in order to demonstrate by
example one of the critical vulnerabilities of communication in a
listserv context?  Are you acting as an agent provocateur of the Message
Board Front of ARSC?

I'll byte if you're phishing...

;)

andy

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Andy Kolovos
Archivist/Folklorist
Vermont Folklife Center
3 Court Street ; P.O. Box 442
Middlebury, VT 05753
(802) 388-4964
akolovos @ vermontfolklifecenter.org
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