<nettime> closing nettime-l, uh?

[Felix Stalder <felix@openflows.com>]

Hi everyone,

if I look over the list traffic of the last 10 days, I don't see much 
energy to continue the list. The only concrete offer to contribute some 
effort came from Jan Wildeboer. I rally appreciate it, but technical 
care is only one of the aspects that is necessary to make it worthwhile 
to continue the list.
Thus, after many 'nottime' April Fools Day jokes, let's close the list 
for real. At this point, I cannot see whom to hand over the list and 
there is tldr.nettime.org which, of course, is vastly different from the 
list.
Almost 8 years ago. Ted and I -- on invitation for a tactical media 
anthology that hasn't made it to print (yet) -- wrote an essay of the 
history of nettime-l.
https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-1511/msg00001.html

It's not without flaws, undoubtedly doesn't do justice to the many 
people without whom nettime-l would not have come into existence in the 
first place nor lasted for as long as it has.
I'm sure someone will write a better history at some point, and if you 
want to put something for them on the record -- that is into the archive 
at nettime.org (and a few other places that also archive the list) -- 
the time is now.
For me, personally, nettime has been of tremendous value, intellectually 
but also a source of deep and enduring friendships. My life has been 
better because of nettime and I'm grateful to every contributor and 
lurker on the list.
Felix






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