You're every other post in this thread.

The typing is the work. They people here to banter shouldn't have to support the mouth-breathers.

People here to banter should be capable of doing a little typing. It's not that big of deal like you are making it out to be.

I'm not making any deal out of it. I'm painting a pretty direct solution to a problem - a problem the Mod cave came has come out forcefully on - which is that music discussion isn't happening.

Its largely dying because Youtube posts rarely generate discussion. And Youtube comments are all those posts are.

You might not be getting it but lack of music discussions is the results of members not wanting to discuss anything. Closing this thread or even getting rid of the ability to post youtube videos period won't increase discussion. You can't force people to post more than they are willing to.

I COMPLETELY agree with this (Even though I'm guilty of posting a song just yesterday!)

I think it's a way to just say what you're doing but do any of us look around to see what everyone else just posted? If so, do the OPs come back and respond to our replies?

I was hoping that by posting my song, I'd get a new song around, but then thinking about it, I don't think anyone really comes back to look around.

See that's how I feel they're used. Its sort of a "Look how hip and in-the-know I am" but with no investment, you can't go very far. The people posting there are willing to do almost nothing - even DJ has agreed with that. They aren't likely to watch your video, and if they do why would they write anything.

They wouldn't even write for their post!

I agree with you. I don't think people are learning much or discussing much. It might honestly be an easy way to get a post count up if anything.... Unfortunately.

that's why it used to be under the games, polls, part of the lounge but I don't remember why it was moved back up the general music or maybe it wasn't and I'm mis-remembering but we could always do that.

The old thread where you only had to list a song title was in the games lists & jokes thread.

Then Jackhammer deleted it and started a new thread saying you had to post a youtube link and say a few lines about it with the intention of it creating discussion. Clearly that didn't work either.

I actually like the threads, they serve a purpose... at least for me, that purpose is to check up on what other people are listening to and see what my fellow MBers musical tastes are like. Also, I use it to sometimes check out music I've never heard of before when some of my favorite posters stick songs in the threads. Does it generate much discussion? No, not really... but it's there to see what everyone else is listening to, so it does what it's supposed to.

All that said, I much prefer http://www.musicbanter.com/general-m...above-you.html. It generate discussion, and forces people to actually listen to things other people post, especially things they normally wouldn't ever listen to. Now that I'm thinking about it, I'm probably going to bump it right now, it deserves to be at the top.