nettime
Author: Peter Kaminski Issue: 2023-07-19
by Peter Kaminski
nettime is a 25-year-old Internet institution, a moderated mailing list sort of about the intersection of human culture and the Internet. There's a short Wikipedia article about nettime, and archives going all the way back.
(A quarter-century is a long time on the Internet, but there are even older things. I'm still on a much smaller social list that's been around since 1989; I joined in '92 or '93.)
There was recently a bit of an existential crisis, and it wasn't clear if nettime's time was up, but I'm glad to report that it's still quite alive and vital, a new team of moderators stepping in for the previous gracious hosts, and a move to a new list service. You can see some of the new signs of life in recent posts:
- I'd say definitely-not-yet dead
- a longform summary of the synchronous meeting held today
- ... a shortwave radio that must be 40 years old still functions. This discovery gave me a lot of the same moral comfort that I derive from nettime.
This isn't really a recommendation to join the list, or even read the archives, and even if you wanted to subscribe, it might be best to wait a few weeks until they transition to the new server. But I wanted to pass along a small bright spot of news and longish-term permanence on the 'net, in a sea of too much churn and change.
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