[kj] KJ 2003 - 2013

[bongo]

yep, way back then, there was only email lists, boards, or chat rooms!
already those days are ancient...


"due to a lack of trained trumpeters, the end of the world has been
postponed indefinitely..."


On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:23 AM, Alexander Smith <vassifer at earthlink.net>wrote:


>

> I think Facebook etc. certainly played in role in the Gathering getting a

> bit quieter. Think about it: The Gathering pretty much PRE-DATES Facebook

> and MySpace and Twitter and all of that. Strange, eh?

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

> On Feb 16, 2013, at 6:21 PM, fatpotanga wrote:

>

> On 16 Feb 2013, at 15:22, gingoblin at easynet.co.uk wrote:

>

> But talk we did!

>

>

>  y'know, I was thinking about that the other day - it used to be so

> vibrant!

> I have wondered whether social media has played a part in the demise of

> chit-chat - ie we're all on facebook/google+ not talking, but looking.

> Or have we just exhausted everything?

> Or did the trolls really win? It did get ugly for a while.

> Perhaps we've just reached a comfortable silence, happy in each others

> company.

> Who knows? I kinda like it here.

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