Re: <nettime> Moving Nettime to the Fediverse

[d.garcia@new-tactical-research.co.uk]

Nothing brings the gently glowing embers of
nettime to life quite like the prospect
of its immanent demise, when the mods launch
one of their cunningly infrequent "shake-em-up"
interventions.

Whatever the outcome of this latest experiment
the kick-up-the-arse alone makes it worthwhile.

Thank You Mod-Fathers

David Garcia


On 2022-11-30 07:31, bernd kasparek wrote:
> Dear nettimers,
>
> I joined this list some months ago, have never posted but always read
> with great interest and consequential enlightenment.
>
> I of course fully agree with the argument about technical fixes to
> social problems, but still feel that this is something that should be
> explored more empirically in the context of the usage of this list.
>
> On the technical points: Yes, mail has become more difficult lately,
> but it is not impossible to run your own server. Furthermore, it is
> possible to run a mailman instance that is in full compliance with
> SPIF, DMARC and DKIM, with the only caveat being the rewriting of the
> from: header (the "... via mailinglistname" you might see on other
> mailing lists).
>
> But I really wanted to make a different point: I thoroughly enjoy
> nettime as a mailing list, I enjoy the long form mails exceeding 2k
> characters, I enjoy the built-in offline availability my MUA offers
> me, the discoverability, the searchability, the threadedness, etc. I
> am not convinced (but I am open to persuasion) that Mastodon et al.
> offer all that. Fundamentally, I do believe moving to social
> media-esque formats will alter the way we discuss and read each other
> and believe these consequences should be discussed a bit more in-depth
> before making such a move.
>
> I fully understand that infrastructure maintenance is tedious, boring
> and too often un-gratifying. But maintaining a mastodon instance will
> also be that, once the initial setup is done. The plight of the
> sysadmin is independent from the particular kind of tech she
> maintains. If I can help out there, I'm happy to join the effort.
>
> best wishes
>
> Bernd
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