<nettime> nettime: down & up and the need for long-term archiving

[nettime's mods <nettime@kein.org>]

Dear Nettimers,

Very few people have noticed that the list was down for more than a month.
Indeed, even we didn't noticed this immediately. It's up again now, but...

But this isn't a good sign. First, it shows that nettime's
'infrastructure' is brittle, and, second, that no one's paying much
attention to the list. In the past, suggestions to shut down the list or
make some other major change have elicited cries of "no! don't!" —
followed, for the most part, by more of the same: not much.

Rather than spark another one of those discussions, we think this is a
good occasion to think more deeply about a long-term solution for
nettime's *archive*. It spans almost 25 years and is a testament both to
an amazing conjuncture — a period of time and a a collective effort to
understand the digitally enabled social and cultural transformations in
real time.

If anyone has any good suggestions — preferably something concrete and
actionable — then please let us know.

In the mean time, the list is not only open but it *works*.

All the best,

Felix & Ted




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