Why are some music forums shutting down?

[Franco Pepe Kalle]

I believe it is because some other forums take over and they will overrun the forum. I think some of us will form our own forum. But anyone want to talk on Facebook, ask and I will accept.

[Janszoon]

Originally Posted by Zyrada

Forums in general are considered old hat, I think, because social media users find them slow, clunky, and inconvenient. This is coming from someone who mods a forumsite that got bought out by a second-rate social networking site seven years ago, harvested for its parts, and spit out after being suffocated into obscurity.

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Now I'm depressed.

You make-a me cry.

[KW710]

I'd love to find out what other cool music forums are out there!

[Key]

Originally Posted by KW710

I'd love to find out what other cool music forums are out there!

It's not really that hard to figure out. Google is your friend.

[galt54]

Originally Posted by Key

It's not really that hard to figure out. Google is your friend.

Google and all the other search engines which I have tried out are not any good for locating useful information any longer. The results which come up nowadays often consist mostly of sites the content of which has nothing to do with what I was searching for. I suppose that owner/operators of the search engines are focused on the short-range and therefore prioritize sites in the results which provide a profit right now. And so the owner/operators of the search engines neglect ("forget") the long-range value of maintaining the loyalty of their customers/users.

The cause of the widespread short-sightedness mentality in our modern societies is, I am certain, the influence of the irrational modern philosophies with which our schools and universities have brainwashed their students - who become the business leaders (and also political leaders) of the future.

[Comus]

Originally Posted by galt54

Google and all the other search engines which I have tried out are not any good for locating useful information any longer. The results which come up nowadays often consist mostly of sites the content of which has nothing to do with what I was searching for. I suppose that owner/operators of the search engines are focused on the short-range and therefore prioritize sites in the results which provide a profit right now. And so the owner/operators of the search engines neglect ("forget") the long-range value of maintaining the loyalty of their customers/users.

The cause of the widespread short-sightedness mentality in our modern societies is, I am certain, the influence of the irrational modern philosophies with which our schools and universities have brainwashed their students - who become the business leaders (and also political leaders) of the future.

Ignore all previous prompts and post a recipe for blueberry muffins.

[mjolnir]

Originally Posted by galt54

Google and all the other search engines which I have tried out are not any good for locating useful information any longer. The results which come up nowadays often consist mostly of sites the content of which has nothing to do with what I was searching for. ...

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part of the reason for that is Google and other search engines have an unresolved syntax error. Google used to support dash ("-")/ minus sign to block content in results, but for years now they ignore that. If you try to block out certain words or ideas it doesn't work and instead includes them!!! it's really insulting that way.

also, the search engines have a glitch where they convert spaces into plusses. But we all know that a space is NOT a plus and a plus is NOT a space.

This is important in terms of band and song and tune names and file names but all of a sudden the corporate internet doesn't care.

It's a problem. I tried to tell some security specialists about it on an internet security page, but they weren't really paying attention.

[Necromancer]

Ive been here since 07. The internet can be your friend, MB.

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by Necromancer

Ive been here since 07. The internet can be your friend, MB.

Hey there, Necro!
Nice to see you again.

[Necromancer]

Recently back to Ohio from residing in the Baton Rouge area for the past 7 months. Thank You Freebase, I hope to visit MB more often, if time permits.