Greg Wilder wrote: > On Thu March 1 2007 1:55 pm, Marc-Olivier Barre wrote: >> On 3/1/07, Denis Alessandro Altoe Falqueto <denisfalqueto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 3/1/07, Greg Wilder <gregwilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> I'm sure I'm in the minority on this, but I'd like to see a show of >>>> hands - how many of you are lurking on this list with the faint hope >>>> that some tiny (but usefull) bit of information might just drop from >>>> the sky? >>> You called the lurkers, so here I am. ;-) >>> >>> I don't have any problems with more open subjects in this list. After >>> all, the more digressed subjects, come labeled Off Topic (at least, >>> they should). I've learnt lots of interesting things with this list >>> and think it would be bad for everyone to restrict the matters. If >>> something has to do with linux and audio, it is wellcome here, ain't >>> it? >>> >>> My 0.02 cents... >> Make it 0.02 cents more, >> what a waste of cents, if you can can get beer for free :) >> I agree. Restricting topics would be a shame. Some apparently totally >> useless topics scoring high on the digression scale sometimes turn out >> to make unexpected "useful info" (not to all users I agree) just fall >> out of the sky. >> >> And as far as the "I want to sound like my favorite band" subjects are >> concerned, I find them very interesting to the users whom are the >> primary target of this list. Even if there's no artistic point in >> trying to sound like someone else, it is sometimes the occasion to >> hear about a piece of software some lurkers may not have heard of. > > At no point did I suggest limiting list topics. Of course it's true that the > contributors of any list/forum determine the direction of discussions. I > kinda figured that folks were generally happy with the list - why else would > they subscribe? > > But before I terminated my subscription, I wanted to express my general > disappointment and I wondered if anyone else had similar feelings. > I'm torn. some of the Linux-Audio-user end-user discussions would clearly be better suited for a Forum. - maybe even upload the song and have both pointers and web-player...etc. radio-staion? - OTOH enthusiastic musicians are a very important on this list and it would be a shame to move their main attention to web-forums! LAU should stay an open and central point for linux-audio resources of any kind! if there's need that LAD can not accomadete, we should consider a linux-audio-mastering or linux-audio-songs or linux-audio-pro mailing list to refine gifts from the sky! #robin
