Hi Chrlotte, all,
Thanks for bringing up The Syndicate.
>So far we've had little mention of the Syndicate list
> >And also more generally if anyone would venture an account of their
>relationship with the Syndicate - what collaboration its led to, and what
>it was like to lose it -
It was easily the most transformation mailing list I've ever been on.
It changed the way I viewed the world, opened up parts of it to me in
ways that lead to projects and collaborations that are amongst my
most treasured, and gave me my most valued network for many years.
It wouldn't be overstating it to say that it changed my life.
I remember very well when the list was hijacked. It was deeply
unpleasant, and Andreas in particular bore the brunt of some
particularly unpleasant, childish behaviour by the idiots who
attacked it.
But in a sense we didn't really lose it. We migrated to Spectre, and
whilst the list hasn't got the same discursive quality it did at the
Syndicate's peak, I think that's probably as much down to the way
that people's behaviour on mailing lists have changed, in the wake of
social media.
Best,
Honor
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