There's only one way to find out.
Temporarily close the forum and see how it goes.
After it becomes obvious that it either does, or doesn't work out then we decide what to do with the sub forum.
Reopen it, or use it for something else...

people with brains know how to find what they're looking for without enlisting the help of an entire music forum.


cut the fucking thing.

When I was moderating a couple of years worth of MB linkbacks, I noticed that there were a fair few from people recommending MB in response to song finding questions on Yahoo Answers.

So I think we'll still get a fair bit of song finding traffic even if the Name That Tune forum is removed.

That's pretty cool tbh, the traffic is nice, becuase for every 100 that don't come back if even one stays and becomes a valid poster we've achieved something.

I like the forum and usually check it every day, haven't known any songs yet to my knowledge though.

people with brains know how to find what they're looking for without enlisting the help of an entire music forum.


cut the fucking thing. [2]

people with brains know how to find what they're looking for without enlisting the help of an entire music forum.


cut the fucking thing. [3]

If it has the power to bring attention or advertising to the forum in future then I'm for it. Plus it's good for when I've got stray lyrics stuck in my head and just don't feel like using the google toolbar :p

If we're gonna scram it, atleast think of something usefull to outsiders to replace it. Organise something to offer to people who join.

thats the biggest thing.

Even if we made the forum into a game or something, Google ruins it because you can just type in three words and find a damn song. It was created to help folks, but they can just as easily ask in the chat room at the bottom.

Still, It encourages people to join I assume and google doesn't always find what your looking for.

Yet it encourages people who literally want the name of a song and nothing else to do with the site.