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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 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com > > >