Just curious, do you read or just post?
 

I noticed page one of the general section has mostly topics that are asking a question. Like "albums your digging" or "best song" or that kind of thing. I don't intend to bash here but I'm just curious if people like these type of threads. I know they get lots of posts and take up page one forever because people love to post their own great opinions, but I wonder if people are reading all these posts or they just enjoying sharing their own response. I suspect that it's mostly the latter. And if that's true, what's the point. Everyone posts, nobody reads. Maybe I'm way off here. Blast away...

You clearly fall into the latter category, because if you'd taken a minute to read those threads you'd realize that it's quite common for people to discover new music as a result of what other people have posted.

I read sometimes. I want lie and say I read all the posts but usually I flip through and read four or five pages at the time. I find those threads to be useful in finding new music that I might enjoy.

Hmmm, ok. That's great then. Seems like a painful way to find new music. Wading through hundreds of suggestions to find a gem.

I use last.fm and amazon and itunes. Far more effecient as my search is narrowed to recordings similar to ones I own.

But, if it works for some people, that's great.

I've found you can only go so far that route though before you start mostly getting recommendations for stuff you're already familiar with. Plus it's a lot more helpful when you actually have some idea of the tastes of the people hyping a given band.

I don't read everything. Just don't have the time. But I do read what looks interesting (and is music related), and look up quite a few of the bands that look good.

So I'm on the fence, I suppose.

And yes, I did read the other replies to this thread. :-p

This is basically what I do as well. Those threads are not really designed to be discussion threads, but they give members a chance to share the music they like at the moment, whether or not anyone pays attention.

I spend at least 90% of my time on here just reading and not posting at all in the threads, to be honest. If I feel like I have something worthwhile to contribute or have something I'm really excited / passionate about to share, I will post it. Other than that, I spend hours on here just reading through and checking out what other people are posting about.

A lot of times, that's even in threads that have been dead for quite some time. I read a lot on here.

I make lists of those topics and discover new bands.
I will post those in the 'last bought or downloaded' thread afterwards ;).

I don't post there very often as I don't think I play much music people don't know or care about here. But I do get a lot of information from those topics :)

Not at all. If you stay here enough you're going to get an idea of who likes what and who has similar taste and such. If I see a person with similar taste to mine posting in those threads I will usually check it out, or if people describe the album and it sounds like something I would like I check it out. Maybe I just have too much free time though. I mean I use last.fm and all but yeah.

If you think discussing an album that someone rates highly with them to be painful it does make me wonder why join a forum in the first place.

That's the idea of a forum anyway.
Wading through a lot of crap whilst having a lot of fun whilst running into gems now and then.
It's like a bootsale man. You walk hours and hours and then you find that mono recording of dylan's the times they are-a changing for $1. That's just great.

That's a good way to put it.

I've seen you use this term a bunch of times but am not sure what it means. What is a bootsale?

At the very least, I skim these threads and always start from the first new post. If it looks interesting, I take note. If not, I move on. But I love these threads and don't use them just to post what I'm into. And when I do post something I'm into, it's in the hopes that people will take notice because I love to share the wealth. So I try to say something about it each time, whether it sparks discussion or not.

This makes me think of people on Facebook that post something once every couple weeks but you can tell they never bother to read or comment on other people's stuff.

It's probably British. It is the right term, I'm sure about that ;)
Probably you use 'flea market'?

Ah, I was picturing a yard sale but your "walking all day" remark makes a lot more sense in the context of a flea market.

hahaha, we have huge yard sales that go throughout entire villages here.
We even have ones that start at night :)

I skim through and only post sometimes - I usually piggy back and participate on other peoples threads - I'm a reality TV junkie so I'm into what others are doing lol

I only post so I have no idea what we're talking about.

:laughing:

MB has it's moments where it's 10x better than reality TV. Sometimes a thread will pop up it is the most bizarre thing you ever want to read, it's chock full o'lulz.

At first glance I thought you were talking about a "boot salesman," and was anticipating some kinda wisdom from a boot salesman, then when I got to the $1 part I had to rethunk what you said. Yeah, I agree with you, my times they are-a changing for $1 moment was Nebula.

The Sun Ra record?

http://espdisk.com/official/images/large/4062large.jpg

No, but I have to check it out, thanks.

I meant Nebula the psychedelic stoner rock band.

Just found out it's actually called Nebulae. My mistake

I love reading those threads, if someone describes an album and it sounds like something I want I almost always download it.

I read far more than I post, and a lot of my music collection can be attributed to those threads, to the point where I know what members I can count on to post something I'd be interested in. Really, I don't see the point in being part of a forum when you don't value other people's opinions.

Haha, I meant the mono pressing only. Not that $1 for the stereo version isn't a bargain, but the mono version is worth thousands of dollars ;).
I don't know nebula, but now you've mentioned stoner rock and I will check out.

I think most would read more than they post. Some stuff you read might not have any relevant additions you can personally add to it.