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On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Jim Farmelant <farmelantj at juno.com> wrote:
>
>
> I kind think of at least a couple of reasons to keep this list going:
>
> (1). Email lists, as a medium, are still more conducive to the discussion
> of long and complex arguments than is FB, or other social media.
>
> (2). Email lists, like this one, have archiving. Furthermore, the
> archives are readily searchable, even years later, FB groups lack that
> functionality.
>
> (3). FB groups are subject to the whims of Zuckerberg, and company. FB has
> been known to arbitrarily delete groups and pages, whose content was
> controversial. Email lists are less susceptible to that sort of thing.
>
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> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net>
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] this list
> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 15:49:19 -0500
>
> For what it's worth, I'm in favor of keeping the list too.
>
> The decline of e-mail lists is a curious phenomenon. Perhaps Gresham's
> Law is at work. Facebook is an impossible platform for any kind of
> serious exchange. And as for Twitter...!
>
> On the other hand, perhaps we are a NORC. We've each heard what all the
> others have to say a million times. There are people whom I have had to
> swear, on my granny's grave, never to make fun of again. Which of course
> does take some of the fun out of it.
>
>
>
> On 12/15/15 2:40 PM, Joseph Catron wrote:
> > You know what? I'm in favor of keeping it. I'll even pledge to post more
> > stuff I consider thought-provoking and potentially discussion-starting,
> and
> > to respond more regularly and meaningfully to others' posts.
> >
> > That said, I recognize that mine may be a minority opinion, and no one
> > should feel bad about outvoting or overruling me.
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:32 PM, Albert Sonntag <styx55 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I have been a lurker on this list since 1999, after bad subjects folded.
> >> I have enjoyed LBO very much and learned a lot from all the members who
> >> wrote avidly, day after day, in a manner I could not possibly have been
> >> able to keep up with. I learned a lot though, and thank all the
> writers,
> >> and especially Founding Father Doug Henwood, for their effort in writing
> >> and for their effort in learning what they wrote about. I think,
> overall,
> >> it was the very best political-theoretical list on the internet for many
> >> years, and I realize that I have no idea what the limits of the
> 'internet'
> >> universe really are, the Library of Babel, but within what my reading
> >> encompassed, LBO was the best. I still miss bad subjects, where we read
> >> 'The Magus' together online, and had a very pleasant time, and I'm sure
> >> I'll miss and remember LBO as well.
> >>
> >> Albert Sonntag
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/15/2015 8:04 AM, Marv Gandall wrote:
> >>
> >>> I’ve invited you into the group, Doug. Jim Farmelant, Julio Huato,
> >>> Michael Yates, and others post there. Some good conversations like we
> used
> >>> to have on LBO. Seems everyone has migrated to FB. Joe - I see Kelley
> just
> >>> added you. Jean-Christophe - just invited you. Anyone else?
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 15, 2015, at 5:42 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Dec 14, 2015, at 5:43 PM, Marv Gandall <marvgand2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It’s called LOB Alum. Kelley started it. It’s more active than the
> list
> >>>>> is right now.
> >>>>>
> >>>> That's pretty funny, given that her annoying behavior was half the
> >>>> reason I seriously lost interest in the list. I've blocked her on
> Facebook
> >>>> so this is the first I've learned of it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Doug
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