Re: [NetBehaviour] last post for a while - on Facebook/Metaverse

2022-09-25 Thread Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour
It's amazing how data collection works. Here on Gmail, there are "delays" when I log in - you know data's being collected. On Facebook, very few comments appear on a post; you have to keep clicking. Now when I'm on suddenly the posts scroll "speed up" and I have to return to the beginning

Re: [NetBehaviour] last post for a while - on Facebook/Metaverse

2022-09-25 Thread Simon Mclennan via NetBehaviour
I deleted fb over a year ago and never looked back. I do however post art and music on inst - but feel I may delete that little monstrosity also ha ha. Troubling this stuff. I’m with you Alan on this I think. My small town allows for enough face to face interaction and conversation in cafes

Re: [NetBehaviour] last post for a while - on Facebook/Metaverse

2022-09-25 Thread Alan Sondheim via NetBehaviour
Hi and thank you and agree with you to an extent. The problem is one of age; I use Fb "intelligently" I think, but for many, all of these social programs take away from real life, not add as an adjunct to it. Increasingly people are living to an extent on all of them; that's clear for example from

Re: [NetBehaviour] last post for a while - on Facebook/Metaverse

2022-09-25 Thread Edward Picot
Alan, Yes, I agree - but on the other hand I also think that a lot of people use social media in a much more grounded way. On Instagram I'm in touch with a lot of small-scale makers who live in the same area as me. They post notifications to each other about new work that they've made

[NetBehaviour] Frog-o-Mighty and the Ice Lollies, episode 12

2022-09-25 Thread Edward Picot
Dear all, A spine-tingling tale of world domination and drinks on sticks! New episodes weekly! Latest episode: https://edwardpicot.com/frogomightyandtheicelollies/12.html To read the story so far: https://edwardpicot.com/frogomightyandtheicelollies/ Edward

[NetBehaviour] Frankenstein Reanimated: An Interview With Marc Garrett | Part 1 | The Monster is awake

2022-09-25 Thread marc.garrett via NetBehaviour
Hi all, I thought people on the list may be interested in an interview I did with Beth Jochim who interviewed me about the book Frankenstein Reanimated: Creation & Technology in the 21st Century, co-edited with Yiannis Colakides from the NeMe Arts Centre, Limassol, Cyprus. This is part 1, and