#synth-diy

[DCMagnuson at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/21/00 9:10:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, cfmd at swipnet.se 
writes:

> YUCK!
>  
>  I personally think it would to some degree deteriorate the list. The nice
>  property of the list is that you are not really bound timewise to the list
>  but is able to follow all threads anyhow. We do see rather interactive mail
>  bursts also, but those not being waken, reading mail or migth even be out 
> for
>  work may follow the discussions. With IRC (and I have seen this happend)
>  things goes more fluently passed by (which to some degree would be good for
>  the list) but I would hate to see that good valid technical discussions 
> happend
>  in the IRC world just to be refered to in the email list. Thus that was not
>  able to participate will become locked out. Also, logging of the IRC 
> discussion
>  is also not a very good option since IRC tends to lend itself to more noise
>  than an email list. Some people think that Synth-DIY allready have too much
>  noise.
>  
>  So, for thuse of us that does not have a blue-tooth operated into our 
mouths
>  for 24 hour constant Internet access I think the IRC idea is a bad one.
>  
>  This is naturally only the humble opinion of yours truly.
>  


Hi Magnus and everyone,

I participate on the usenet group Rec.Audio.Pro, and they have had a chat 
session for about a year now.   They have a scheduled 3 hour timeslot where 
list members get together and chat about whatever comes to mind.

There are definitely some good discussions in the chat room, which get much 
more detailed and specific than on the list; the real-time reaction helps you 
narrow down your topics quickly.  There are only a dozen or two chatters at a 
time, so the variety of opinions is significantly lower - because of this, 
sometimes no one can feed a discussion on a particular topic you bring up in 
the chat room.

I've noticed, however, that the noise ratio is indeed high in the chat room.  
 There is often a good amount of just "saying hello" and talking about 
off-topic things... which in a way keeps that stuff OFF of the newsgroup.  
It's a nice place to learn about each other and talk about your band or 
album, but not the best place to gain knowledge.  

I *do* indeed enjoy the Rec.Audio.Pro chats, but it's has a completely 
different vibe than the Usenet group...  it's semi-useless, but enjoyable (if 
that makes any sense).   

Dave Magnuson