Re: Staying on the Looping topic

[Joshua Carroll <josh@infinivert.com>]

One benefit of having a forum is that there could be particular folders 
specifically for off-topic posts subdivided into subjects like 
music-philosophy, non-looping audio gear, and even a spot for shooting 
the breeze and community building.

Perhaps it doesn't have to be an either/or situation.  Maybe we could 
have this list and be very particular about making sure all threads here 
are directly looping-related.  Then, if somebody had a question about a 
piece of software or just wanted to share a funny story with this 
incredible community of musicians, there would be a place for that as well.

I would be more than willing to contribute toward such a cause.

--Josh



Kim Flint wrote:
> At 01:25 PM 7/26/2006, loop.pool wrote:
>> I find myself in agreement  with Steve Lawson (and many other old 
>> timers who post here) that in earlier days the list was more pithy 
>> and interesting to read because there wasn't so much chatter and 
>> there were more substantive subjects.
>
> This is a problem I've also noticed getting worse in the last couple 
> years. Off topic posting has gotten really bad lately. Sometimes there 
> are dozens of messages posted to the list in a day, and none of them 
> are about looping. Some individuals post constantly, yet almost never 
> post about looping at all.
>
> Please remember, Looper's Delight exists to discuss, teach, promote, 
> and communicate about looping. That is why everybody is here. Looping 
> is what we should be posting about. This list is not here to discuss 
> computer problems, or favorite VST effects, or DAW recommendations, or 
> hex guitar pickups, or etc. (just to pick on a few random, recent 
> off-topics.)
>
> If you are making a post and it is not explicitly about looping, you 
> should really ask yourself 3 or 4 times before you send it: why you 
> are about to waste hundreds of people's time with an off-topic post? 
> Is this worth using up list bandwidth, taking up space in the digest, 
> and storing in the archive forever?
>
> Just because you think this is an interesting group of people, or you 
> think someone here might know the answer to your random question, 
> isn't a good enough reason. Neither is excusing it by telling other 
> people to delete if they don't want to read your off-topic post. Find 
> a more appropriate place for that post.
>
> Partly I blame myself for this, because I haven't been participating 
> here much lately. I used to make an effort to start interesting 
> threads about looping when people wandered off-topic, to redirect the 
> group's energy back towards looping again. This is pretty easy and 
> works remarkably well. I appreciate some of the other list "veterans" 
> who do this also. But even nicer would be people taking more 
> responsibility for their own actions and behavior in this community, 
> and keeping yourselves on topic.
>
> When the discussion really does stick to good looping threads, the 
> really interesting list members come out of the woodwork to contribute 
> their thoughts. Some of those "famous" loopers hang around more also. 
> That's the way it used to be here, and with a little effort it will 
> continue to be like that.
>
> kim
>
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