Your Day

**Marie Monday** · 06-02-2022, 04:17 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Damn it, your review gets looked at by people before being posted. I don't think mine is getting through.

So my reputation for having big gay now extends to MB reviews
Happy pride month!

**Marie Monday** · 06-02-2022, 04:31 AM

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Originally Posted by WWWP

MB has always and will always be most active when there are site-adjacent gatherings ie. plug/tinychat/discord. It just seems that only a certain kind of person can really get those going and I just don’t have the time I used to.

All jokes aside I think this is true. I try to do my small part but I don't have that much time or the social skills to carry it. Ironically I think, besides Stevie, that our best bet may be... Elph?

Trollheart · 06-02-2022, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I don't know what you're talking about. That review was posted by Dick Felcher, not me.

They still haven't posted mine. Probably all at home with bad backs.

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Originally Posted by jwb

so when you notice a slump you journal more which as you noted doesn't necessarily lead to engagement

Where as when i or in this case elph say off handedly that the forum is dead it sparks at the very least several pages of heated engagement, which admittedly is thanks largely to you. So you tell me which method is more effective?

Okay well first this is putting words in my mouth (and you do NOT want to go there! Not even my dentist will!) - I did not say that at all. I make no bones - as you can see further on - about the fact that I get no real traction with my journals. I hope people read them (from the views that would seem to be the case, but who knows?) but I write and post them anyway. I do this ALL THE TIME, whether the forum is buzzing or dead. It's NOT an attempt to shake things up, as I know it won't. All I'm saying is I work all the time, as hard as I can (without it becoming a chore or a job) on my journals because I enjoy doing so, and maybe, just maybe, one or two other people here might too. That won't, I know, contribute to the overall activity - or lack of it - here.

You can congratulate yourself on "starting discussion by saying the place is dead", but what have you actually achieved? A few posts in one thread? This might run a few pages, it might not. Then it will die as people forget about it. It's a finite thing, not going to do much more than help prop things up for the short term. I'm fine with you engaging in any way, but don't fool yourself that you're helping, just as I don't fool myself with my journals. It's a happy coincidence that debate has been sparked; neither you nor Elph can tell me this is what you intended, otherwise you would have started a thread about this subject. This is the Your Day thread and will soon be on other topics, with this long forgotten.

So thanks for trying, but don't pretend it was any effort on your part. Also, neither of you have taken part in the subsequent discussion, just watched it unfold, so no, still not doing anything.

In the end, I make no claim to be helping with my journals. I'll post them whether this place is dead or alive. But I do also make threads outside of the journals section, and try to get people talking and getting engaged. Sometimes it works, most often it does not. At least I'm trying.

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

So my reputation for having big gay now extends to MB reviews
Happy pride month!

That was always safe.

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

All jokes aside I think this is true. I try to do my small part but I don't have that much time or the social skills to carry it. Ironically I think, besides Stevie, that our best bet may be... Elph?

I'd disagree. Some threads can be very inclusive and get everyone involved. Remember Love or Hate? Batty's reviews of Key's albums? And even nodding back to my journals for a moment, Metal Month was very successful three years running. So there can be interest engendered without other third-party involvement; it just takes a little effort and engagement.

And no, I'm not starting Love or Hate again...

The Batlord · 06-02-2022, 06:52 AM

Ah I can still smell Key's butthurt.

Lisnaholic · 06-02-2022, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

They still haven't posted mine. Probably all at home with bad backs.

Sitejabber removed my review within an hour of it being posted. It is probable that both of us have fallen foul of their strange policy:-

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In an effort to show consumers only the most relevant reviews, in 2010 Sitejabber introduced a Review Filter. The filter uses an algorithm that attempts to display to users only the most relevant content by filtering certain reviews. Reasons reviews might be filtered include: suspected solicited reviews in violation of our terms of service, suspected site-promotion spam (positive reviews), suspected competitor spam (negative reviews), language use, irrelevant content, and other terms of service violations. The same filter and algorithm is applied to every review. The filter isn’t perfect, but it is dynamic and always learning. As a result, you may see reviews move in and out of the filter as the filter learns more about the trustworthiness of the reviews of a particular site. The filter pulls from a wide range of data and is intentionally difficult to decipher to avoid gaming. If your review has been filtered, don’t worry, it hasn’t been deleted. As you continue to demonstrate your trustworthiness and contribute to the community, your reviews will likely no longer be filtered.

I gave MB a five-star rating, which Sitejabber clearly views as grounds for deleting my opinion. For a website dedicated to reviews, their clumsy algorithm has the self-defeating effect of screening out positive recommendations. So anyone looking for recs on Sitejabber will continue to come away with a low opinion of MB, especially when they see this deceptive statistic on the page dedicated to MB:"Number of positive reviews: 0" , the algorithm failing to mention that it has blocked a number of reviews for being too positive about MB.

The experience has left me with little but the urge to post somewhere a scathing review of Sitejabber.

The Batlord · 06-02-2022, 08:47 AM

And yet some miscreant can call people gay and $#*!ed and it doesn't get taken down, just cause it's a one-star review. Shameful.

SGR · 06-02-2022, 08:54 AM

On a positive note, I don't think the difference between someone deciding to sign up to MB or not in 2022 will be bad reviews on Sitejabber.

The Batlord · 06-02-2022, 09:17 AM

More like Shitstabber.

Lisnaholic · 06-02-2022, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

And yet some miscreant can call people gay and $#*!ed and it doesn't get taken down, just cause it's a one-star review. Shameful.

tbh, I feel you could've posted something more helpful to the reputation of MB, but hey, Sitejabber deemed your review as "relevant", so what do I know.

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Originally Posted by SGR

On a positive note, I don't think the difference between someone deciding to sign up to MB or not in 2022 will be bad reviews on Sitejabber.

Thanks for the reminder to keep things in perspective, SGR. Out of curiosity, i wondered about MB's reputation on the internet, and found this much more impartial, positive description on a website called flypaper:-

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100% forum, Music Banter covers an array of topics. Want to post (or read) an album review? They’ve got a space for that. Want to create and write your own member’s journal? There’s a space for that too!

From there, the forums get segmented largely into genres, where you can post and chat about anything under the sun. There’s also the “Artist’s Corner” (instrument chat, stereo and production equipment, songwriting, etc.) and a whole section just for building community through introductions and non-music related topics. Of course, being a big believer in community, this one is my favorites of their forums!

Source: https://flypaper.soundfly.com/discov...tuck-in-a-jam/

GD · 06-02-2022, 09:33 AM

lol I saw your reviews, seems like they were left up after all. I also like that you can tell who wrote which purely based on their tone

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GD ???pp? ??snW Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: NO Posts: 686	lol I saw your reviews, seems like they were left up after all. I also like that you can tell who wrote which purely based on their tone __________________ lasty\|rate-y music-y

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SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,327	On a positive note, I don't think the difference between someone deciding to sign up to MB or not in 2022 will be bad reviews on Sitejabber.