Here still... On Sun, Apr 12, 2026 at 3:21 AM kent williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Facebook, block anyone who bothers you. I hear it's a cesspool but > don't see it. > > Also you can select a "Friends Only" feed, which should be less depressing. > > I've noticed an odd thing: A lot of prominent musicians, people who > are "famous" have been signing up. I keep getting them as "You may > know ..." > > I think the "stars" use it the same way I do, to connect with friends. > > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM Thorin Teague <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Facebook is a god fucking awful replacement for the 313 hyperreal > > list. I can't bring myself to delete my facebook because of friends > > and family, like everyone else. I've got more Detroit connections > > there than I do through this list. But it's just a terrible, terrible > > place that somehow gets worse every year. Like a train wreck, you > > don't want to stare but you can't look away, it just keeps sinking > > lower and it's mortifying but it also makes you curious what its rock > > bottom is going to look like. Whenever it one day hits it. > > > > I read an article that Facebook deleted 3 planets worth of fake > > accounts in 2023. That's kind of a problem... one of many. > > > > On Sat, Apr 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM Jessie McLaughlin > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 11 Apr 2026, at 15:36, kent williams <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > 313 Admin here. Yes the list is moribund. > > > > > > Part of the emptiness here is that a lot of the music people actually > in Detroit have gone away. Partly because of flame wars and hurt feelings > years ago. > > > > > > Internet mailing lists were a lifeline to me back in the day. And they > are also unmediated, and barely moderated, direct communication. > > > > > > That has been replaced by "the socials," which always has someone > between you and who you want to talk to, trying to profit from your > interaction. > > > > > > So if you want this to be an active mailing list, post messages, write > replies. > > > >
