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I am not in favor of moving anything to Facebook. We all should understand by now that it is simply NOT a safe and secure place to be. Just a bad idea. Best, John Haley On Sun, Sep 16, 2018, 7:13 PM George Brock-Nannestad <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad > > > Like DrG I have experienced attacks on this list, and the lack of civility > (being called a rectum) was one reason for my presently normal abstention > from > commenting most of the time. The person did it from his office mail -- now > he > asks advice frequently from his personal mail and gets it, in my view > undeservedly, but he asks for answers to be sent to his office mail. He > has > never apologized, but the poor sod somehow had his entries removed from > the > digest -- although the character count still shows that something had been > there originally. That is moderation for you! That person's access to > ARSCLIST > ought to have been blocked. In view of the office mail use referred to > above, > perhaps that is what happened. > > I don't use social media and I deny myself any materials that would > require me > to identify myself by a facebook account ID. Many pictures never get my > way. > > If ARSCLIST dies because of dilution I shall not worry -- there are plenty > of > sources out there, I just might have to do a bit more work to get at the > information. Or perhaps try to work out the solution myself. > > Best wishes, > > > George > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: Stewart Gooderman <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] [EXT] Re: [ARSCLIST] ARSC Facebook Group? > Date sent: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:37:41 -0700 > Send reply to: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > <[log in to unmask]> > > > Well, I´m no shrinking violet, and I´ve been around the block, but I > > remember distinctly being verbally attacked for a remark I made soon > after > > joining this august list by one of the senior members. And after > defending > > myself, that person backed down but never apologized. > > > > That being said, I have found this group to be exceedingly well behaved > and to > > offer incredible amounts of information both to the professional as well > as > > the just curious (as I am.) > > > > I´m only bringing this up because there is bad behavior in any venue. > Email > > venues, in general suffer from people who may not understand the email > > etiquette necessary because there is no facial underpinning the written > > response. But I have found that in general the behavior is far worse on > social > > media than on email lists such as this. > > > > I don´t join social media groups because of security issues, plain and > > simple. ARSC having a facebook presence doesn´t affect me because I put > my > > account on permanent hiatus and will not reply in any venue that > requires me > > to identify myself by a facebook account ID. > > > > DrG > > > > > > > On Sep 16, 2018, at 9:23 AM, Dennis Rooney <[log in to unmask]> > > wrote: > > > > > > In reply to John Schroth's recent post re the > > > to-FaceBook-or-not-to-FaceBook question: > > > > > > What tender blossoms some of his respondents must be. The ARSC > listserv is > > > a community of adults which shares a number of common interests. Why > > > wouldn't the questions or comments of a younger person or one "from a > > > different demographic" be greeted by anything other than courtesy? Yes, > > > some extraordinarily naïve questions have been received on the list, > but > > I > > > have not noted hostility to that naïveté but rather a desire to answer > > > helpfully. Younger people should always be welcomed but not by a > > diminution > > > in the quality of our communication. I personally do not approve of > > > anything that dilutes the community. Therefore, I do not welcome the > > > Facebook suggestion. > > > > > > DDR > > > > > > -- > > > 1006 Langer Way > > > Delray Beach, FL 33483 > > > 561.265.2976 >