Just curious, do you read or just post?

jaxwired · 02-23-2011, 07:32 PM

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...

RVCA · 02-23-2011, 07:44 PM

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.

jaxwired · 02-23-2011, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

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.

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.

**Janszoon** · 02-23-2011, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jaxwired

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.

Blarobbarg · 02-23-2011, 08:32 PM

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

Hank The Drifter · 02-24-2011, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jaxwired

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.

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.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-24-2011, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by jaxwired

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.

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.

s_k · 02-24-2011, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by jaxwired

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

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.

Burning Down · 02-24-2011, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by s_k

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.

**Janszoon** · 02-24-2011, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by s_k

It's like a bootsale man.

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

02-23-2011, 07:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
jaxwired Groupie Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 23	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... __________________ HiFi - Bryston/Dynaudio Twenty First Century Music Only. Folk, Alt Country, Acoustic Rock, Indie...

02-23-2011, 07:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	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.

02-23-2011, 08:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Blarobbarg Do good. Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 2,065	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