On 1427 RabiÊ» I 05, at 3:41 PM, Kamen Nedev wrote:
Recently, I have noted a marked transition from channels such as
mailing lists and wikis to blogs. Just recently, Fluxlist, another
mainstay in experimental art, poetry, and debate, openned up its
own blog. Not to say that most of the members of this and other
lists have long been growing their own blogs.
This is really no more than a change of channel (or, maybe, a
multiplication of channels), not of media, but, still, the mode of
communication of the mailing list, the wiki, and the blog are,
respectively, very different.
If, in the case of mailing lists, we can talk of a bazaar-like
communal chatter, with an ever-changing climate of signal-to-noise
ratios, heated discussions, flame-wars, trolls and lurkers, the
wiki provides a slightly more content-centred approach (the
trolling and flame-baiting are still there, of course, but, at
least, there is a clear topic of discussion), it is content- rather
than author-based.
Weblogging, on the other hand, seems to obey a principle more akin
to a moderated dialogue. I blog - you comment, and maybe I comment
on your comment, etc. Information is not centred in nodes, as in
the wiki, but is instead spread around like dust particles all over
the web, from blog to blog.
Often, when searching for the original article or post which has
prompted some discussion, I suddenly realise that this is a
mistake: in the Blogosphere, there is no original, zero-degree
content. It is the posting and re-posting of content, its
continuous de- and recontextualisation, that really informs the
channel.
And, unless I'm mistaken, most online discourse is moving steadily
in this direction.
I agree with Kamen. One of the slightly frustrating things about this
list
has always been the lack of ability to post anything media based on it -
even simple HTML - which, some of you oldtimers remember was a big
bug up a few people's noses in the early days...and this is a list
based on
an art movement with contributions made by...you know...ARTISTS!
(mostly).
I had always thought it better to have the Fluxlist on some kind of
community board
that you could put together using the proper software - i.e. http://
tinyurl.com/e4jxy
which is responsible for boards like the Organissimo Jazz Forum
(http://tinyurl.com/omm35)
or the forum on the band "The Fall" (http://tinyurl.com/qkybz) as
well as many others.
BUT, I think that this is nice step outdoors - we talk HERE and
create THERE.
Rod
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