...having been 1 of the celebrated "spam artists" back in the days of Integer>NN, it was a [relatively easy] option then [as it is now] 2 set up filters/blocks in regards 2 material list users find objectionable/overloading. i do agree, simon, that it might b deemed arrogant to deluge ppl with mammoth data hits: i think to associate this with the 7-11 list outpourings we did back in the late 90's is misleading. the art lists we "spam"/net.artists utilized knew full-well about our art practices + most encouraged it. context, content + the mechanisms of exclusion should b examined here as well as allusions 2 data-deluges;)
chunks, @netwurker -- Reality Engineer> Synthetic Environment Strategist> Game[r + ] Theorist. ::http://unhub.com/netwurker :: On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Simon Biggs <[email protected]> wrote: > Spammer art was a pain when we all had dial up and slow connections. It > cost > money as we paid for the minute (or MB). These days, for most of us, spam, > art or not, is more an annoyance than an injury. However, there are many > parts of the world who are still on capped, slow and pay per unit > connections. In that context it is potentially arrogant, even injurious, to > deluge people with data who weren't expecting it. > > Best > > Simon > > > Simon Biggs > [email protected] [email protected] > Skype: simonbiggsuk > http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ > > Research Professor edinburgh college of art > http://www.eca.ac.uk/ > Creative Interdisciplinary Research into CoLlaborative Environments > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice > http://www.elmcip.net/ > Centre for Film, Performance and Media Arts > http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/film-performance-media-arts > > > > From: Helen Sloan <[email protected]> > > Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > > <[email protected]> > > Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:19:40 +0100 > > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] Invitation to join me > > > > Dear Karens, > > > > I remember Integer, NN etc well and spent hours deleting their prolific > > contributions to listings some of which I looked at and others went > > unread. It¹s true that there was a mass exodus from Syndicate during that > > time which was a pity as it did good things and it never really > recovered. > > Finally, I understood what was going on but felt a little sad as well. > I¹m > > not up for a culture that¹s worth preserving eating itself. > > > > I¹m all for this activity in a way but why ( as happened in Syndicate¹s > > case) do it to ourselves? There must be much more of a statement to be > made > > to do it in other contexts. In this respect, I really liked what Heath > > Bunting and Rachel Baker et al did with supermarkets at about the same > time > > as these others. > > > > We¹re entering hard times and in my opinion we should be careful about > the > > way we do these kinds of interventions now. > > > > But hey, you can tell me that I don¹t understand and I can take it. Just > a > > thought. I look forward to hearing more from Karens but hope you don¹t > > implode. > > > > Best > > Helen > > Helen Sloan > > SCAN > > >
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