Why are some music forums shutting down?

[Necromancer]

CAJUN STYLE. They dont even have Popeyes Chicken here! Their red beans and rice. . aw man. Cajun Spice.

[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]

I just got here today for the first time.
This site looks healthier than some others.

I don't understand it either.
There was a breakbeat forum I wanted to join--it died.
Dubstepforums--closed
Even VintageSynth seems mostly like a ghost town.

I think part of it is the competitive unfair push to "upgrade" forum software. Really, there's no need to. If it works, it still works.

Most of the newer forum formats look like crap to me, but they seem to be more privacy invasive with more user tracking "features" (bloatware).

I think another problem is people trying to copy YouTube or something.
It's just not a healthy business/social model to follow.

And Reddit is nice, but it looks like crap and is hard to read.
These forums here are much easier.

Even forums like BleepingComputer (which I used to visit) have been swallowed up with ads.

And three other different sites I used to go to got suffucated by bullies, ads, and too much censorship.

I think eventually they end up just dying.
But I don't really understand it either.

[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.

[Drjohnrock]

Originally Posted by mjolnir

I just got here today for the first time.
This site looks healthier than some others.

I don't understand it either.
There was a breakbeat forum I wanted to join--it died.
Dubstepforums--closed
Even VintageSynth seems mostly like a ghost town.

I think part of it is the competitive unfair push to "upgrade" forum software. Really, there's no need to. If it works, it still works.

Most of the newer forum formats look like crap to me, but they seem to be more privacy invasive with more user tracking "features" (bloatware).

I think another problem is people trying to copy YouTube or something.
It's just not a healthy business/social model to follow.

And Reddit is nice, but it looks like crap and is hard to read.
These forums here are much easier.

Even forums like BleepingComputer (which I used to visit) have been swallowed up with ads.

And three other different sites I used to go to got suffucated by bullies, ads, and too much censorship.

I think eventually they end up just dying.
But I don't really understand it either.

Welcome aboard, Mjolnir. Your post pretty much reflects my own views on the matter. Looking forward to more posts from you.

[mjolnir]

Thanks DrJohnrock. I will try to stay outta trouble hehehe

[lynette]

I hope music forum will stay alive