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boo boo · 04-10-2006, 09:31 AM

I have an idea to improve the site.

Ban Don.

littleknowitall · 04-10-2006, 10:59 AM

everyones just getting bored, so its dying down. get a new layout or some interesting new ideas. mix things up a bit. well there ya are, thats my two cents for the day.

jr. · 04-10-2006, 02:18 PM

Well, I don't say much about what goes on between posters, because it's really none of my business. There seems to be a 'walking on eggshells' mentality these days.

I'll let you in on a little secret. I was a mod at another forum, for over a year. It was a music site, like this one, except the crowd was more my age.

As it grew, it got away from music more and more, and became a soap opera. I suppose the 'behind the scenes' fighting was more vicious than what was actually seen, given the animosity that grew there.

It got to the point that I dreaded going there, because all I did was delete and edit inappropriate posts. Then take a beating for it from the posters. I am not defending the mods, just trying to point out they were given the mod status for a reason.

There is clearly right, and clearly wrong. It's that gray area in between where the mods have the unenviable task of deciding what is ok to stay, and what, or who, has to go. It's a thankless job, because there will always be someone who is unhappy with how the mods handle any situation. Mods take on the responsibility because they like the site and want to see it prosper. At least that's why I accepted when I was asked to be a mod. I'll never do it again, though.

I don't know how the mods work here, but at the other music site, there was a lot of communication between the mods about what to do in any given situation. Of course, if someone registered and simply posted 100 inane posts in two days, there's no need to go discuss it. But then, there are those borderline things that need to be looked at.

Anyway, as I was saying, it got to the point where the mod bashing was out of control. It was starting to look like anarchy, so I just said, heck with this. I'm trying to make this place comfortable for everyone, and all I get is grief for it. So I left. Never went back.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I think the reason for the lull is because people, mods and non-mods, are kind of feeling a little tension right now. It's like with any family. Spend too much time together, you start to get on one another's nerves.

I don't feel it, because I have no animosity towards anyone. Someone could come at me with a full frontal attack, and it wouldn't phase me. I learned my lesson when I was a mod.

Music Banter is supposed to be fun, not a battle zone.

Spikey · 04-11-2006, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jr.

Well, I don't say much about what goes on between posters, because it's really none of my business. There seems to be a 'walking on eggshells' mentality these days.

I'll let you in on a little secret. I was a mod at another forum, for over a year. It was a music site, like this one, except the crowd was more my age.

As it grew, it got away from music more and more, and became a soap opera. I suppose the 'behind the scenes' fighting was more vicious than what was actually seen, given the animosity that grew there.

It got to the point that I dreaded going there, because all I did was delete and edit inappropriate posts. Then take a beating for it from the posters. I am not defending the mods, just trying to point out they were given the mod status for a reason.

There is clearly right, and clearly wrong. It's that gray area in between where the mods have the unenviable task of deciding what is ok to stay, and what, or who, has to go. It's a thankless job, because there will always be someone who is unhappy with how the mods handle any situation. Mods take on the responsibility because they like the site and want to see it prosper. At least that's why I accepted when I was asked to be a mod. I'll never do it again, though.

I don't know how the mods work here, but at the other music site, there was a lot of communication between the mods about what to do in any given situation. Of course, if someone registered and simply posted 100 inane posts in two days, there's no need to go discuss it. But then, there are those borderline things that need to be looked at.

Anyway, as I was saying, it got to the point where the mod bashing was out of control. It was starting to look like anarchy, so I just said, heck with this. I'm trying to make this place comfortable for everyone, and all I get is grief for it. So I left. Never went back.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, I think the reason for the lull is because people, mods and non-mods, are kind of feeling a little tension right now. It's like with any family. Spend too much time together, you start to get on one another's nerves.

I don't feel it, because I have no animosity towards anyone. Someone could come at me with a full frontal attack, and it wouldn't phase me. I learned my lesson when I was a mod.

Music Banter is supposed to be fun, not a battle zone.

I'm a mod in another site right now, it's great but noone apart from gets off their @rse to do stuff. I come up with new ideas and they say yeah that's cool and disappear for 5 days and make no action.
I think this site is good but the people here just argue way too much for arguing sake. It's not fun to be in here. I came back to compare it to our site and frankly if my mods, management got off their butt it would be a huge site.
I guess you need to break it off. I came back after 2 months and found this site to be just the same, just as boring and just as rude.
New ideas would be helpful but also you need to start banning people...
Maybe starting with me

You guys also ban the wrong people, you ban the people who make decent and nice posts but anyway..
If anyone needs any ideas then I'll try to help if you ask for it.
Maybe others needs to think of ideas too so it's a group mod-poster thingy,
blah.. lol

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-10-2006, 02:29 PM

I guess it doesn`t help that i`ve not heard any really good new music in about the last 6 months.

MURDER JUNKIE · 04-10-2006, 11:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I guess it doesn`t help that i`ve not heard any really good new music in about the last 6 months.

What he said

gregb · 04-10-2006, 11:58 PM

you guys want an arcade to put some of your energy into competition?

PerFeCTioNThrUSileNCe · 04-11-2006, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gregb

you guys want an arcade to put some of your energy into competition?

what exactly are you proposing here?

adidasss · 04-11-2006, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I guess it doesn`t help that i`ve not heard any really good new music in about the last 6 months.

to each his/her own, i discovered an incredible amount of new music in the past 6 months, and god help me, but your taste in music is strange to say the least....you're a hard man to please as far as new music is concerned and i never really thought you discovered anything via this forum.

i'm getting really sick of threads like these, riseagainst made one a year or so ago, then big3, ledzepstu also likes to bitch, hookers, and a shit load of newbies can't seem to shut up about how this place sucks ass and/or is boring. yes it's boring when you spend 12 hours a day on it, i mean what do you expect, for something intersting to be going on every second of the day? sure it's boring when noone posts just arround the time you have nothing better to do but to sit behind you computer desk and stare at the screen. i encounter that problem all the time, yet i don't make threads or bitch about it or threaten to leave. i like this site very much, but it's not my main form of discovering new music. when the forum is dead, i go on last.fm and cruise, or i go to pitchfork, insound, nme.com or god knows how many other music sites. don't expect new music to come here, try to search for it yourself once in a while.

i also see no problems wiht arguments or the main villain of the past week, Don. so what if he's arogant? if you don't wanna talk to him put him on your ignore list. i don't think anyone will do that because even though you bitch about his presence, you all love the arguments because we're all a bit immature and like to quibble over bullshit and try to prove to the other party that we're smarter/better/wittier than them.

what makes this site great in my opinion is the liberal moderation. everyone is allowed to be an asshole from time to time, and from what i could observe in the past year, none of those arguments are too "violent" andf the parties involved always seem to find a way to speak to each other civily. if you ban someone ( and i'm not speaking about retarded spammers ), you're not allowing for the matter to be resolved in a natural way. i got banned on another site for argueing and still think it was a wrong call, i'm back on that site and get along with the other person just fine now. but that site is nowhere near as good as this one is, even though it's similar in size. there is no personal contact there, the conservative moderation stiffles any sort of childish fun we're accustomed to having here....

TrampInaTux · 04-11-2006, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adidasss

to each his/her own, i discovered an incredible amount of new music in the past 6 months, and god help me, but your taste in music is strange to say the least....you're a hard man to please as far as new music is concerned and i never really thought you discovered anything via this forum.

i'm getting really sick of threads like these, riseagainst made one a year or so ago, then big3, ledzepstu also likes to bitch, hookers, and a shit load of newbies can't seem to shut up about how this place sucks ass and/or is boring. yes it's boring when you spend 12 hours a day on it, i mean what do you expect, for something intersting to be going on every second of the day? sure it's boring when noone posts just arround the time you have nothing better to do but to sit behind you computer desk and stare at the screen. i encounter that problem all the time, yet i don't make threads or bitch about it or threaten to leave. i like this site very much, but it's not my main form of discovering new music. when the forum is dead, i go on last.fm and cruise, or i go to pitchfork, insound, nme.com or god knows how many other music sites. don't expect new music to come here, try to search for it yourself once in a while.

Here here.

04-10-2006, 02:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
jr. Seeker of Peace Join Date: May 2005 Location: Newark, De. Posts: 340	Well, I don't say much about what goes on between posters, because it's really none of my business. There seems to be a 'walking on eggshells' mentality these days. I'll let you in on a little secret. I was a mod at another forum, for over a year. It was a music site, like this one, except the crowd was more my age. As it grew, it got away from music more and more, and became a soap opera. I suppose the 'behind the scenes' fighting was more vicious than what was actually seen, given the animosity that grew there. It got to the point that I dreaded going there, because all I did was delete and edit inappropriate posts. Then take a beating for it from the posters. I am not defending the mods, just trying to point out they were given the mod status for a reason. There is clearly right, and clearly wrong. It's that gray area in between where the mods have the unenviable task of deciding what is ok to stay, and what, or who, has to go. It's a thankless job, because there will always be someone who is unhappy with how the mods handle any situation. Mods take on the responsibility because they like the site and want to see it prosper. At least that's why I accepted when I was asked to be a mod. I'll never do it again, though. I don't know how the mods work here, but at the other music site, there was a lot of communication between the mods about what to do in any given situation. Of course, if someone registered and simply posted 100 inane posts in two days, there's no need to go discuss it. But then, there are those borderline things that need to be looked at. Anyway, as I was saying, it got to the point where the mod bashing was out of control. It was starting to look like anarchy, so I just said, heck with this. I'm trying to make this place comfortable for everyone, and all I get is grief for it. So I left. Never went back. I guess what I'm trying to say is, I think the reason for the lull is because people, mods and non-mods, are kind of feeling a little tension right now. It's like with any family. Spend too much time together, you start to get on one another's nerves. I don't feel it, because I have no animosity towards anyone. Someone could come at me with a full frontal attack, and it wouldn't phase me. I learned my lesson when I was a mod. Music Banter is supposed to be fun, not a battle zone. __________________ Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. ~ Kabir

04-10-2006, 02:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,626	I guess it doesn`t help that i`ve not heard any really good new music in about the last 6 months. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

04-10-2006, 10:59 AM	#2 (permalink)
littleknowitall Pow! Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,673	everyones just getting bored, so its dying down. get a new layout or some interesting new ideas. mix things up a bit. well there ya are, thats my two cents for the day.

04-10-2006, 11:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
gregb www.physicsforums.com Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 385	you guys want an arcade to put some of your energy into competition?