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Old 03-17-2010, 11:50 AM   #111 (permalink)
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Yes, unfortunately.
I remember I posted on another music forum that was overrun with the things. There must have been a 6:4 - Real person:Troll account ratio on there. Is it that bad on here?
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Old 03-17-2010, 03:38 PM   #112 (permalink)
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I remember I posted on another music forum that was overrun with the things. There must have been a 6:4 - Real person:Troll account ratio on there. Is it that bad on here?
I wouldn't say so. This forum is pretty well-moderated, so on the occasions we do get noobs who're about spamming or just starting crap, they're booted with the quickness.

By no means is our forum being overrun by anything but healthy differences of opinion, which is what keeps this place hopping.
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Old 03-17-2010, 04:50 PM   #113 (permalink)
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I remember I posted on another music forum that was overrun with the things. There must have been a 6:4 - Real person:Troll account ratio on there. Is it that bad on here?
I wouldn't say it's overrun with them by any means because the mod team tries to deal with them pretty quickly, but from a mod perspective it does seem like I have to deal with them fairly often. The upside is that hopefully you don't.
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Old 03-17-2010, 05:51 PM   #114 (permalink)
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I wouldn't say it's overrun with them by any means because the mod team tries to deal with them pretty quickly, but from a mod perspective it does seem like I have to deal with them fairly often. The upside is that hopefully you don't.
Thar' be your job.
What sets this place apart from others I've been to, is that you guys actually do it. Tirelessly.
I'm not afraid to say it, but without the backbone of the quality of governance in a place like this, all the great music opinions and debates would most definitely be overrun by the very trash you're trying to keep out, and this place wouldn't be able to stand on its own.

Maybe it's a way of thinking I picked up from being in the military, I dunno... Just saying.. You can have a great thing all you want, but if it isn't regulated to a reasonable extent, it's eventually going to get torn apart by those who don't respect it.
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Old 03-18-2010, 03:05 PM   #115 (permalink)
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Similarly, on a political forum we have a "breaking news" section. It helps frame discussions even if they aren't completely related. With music that may end up being arguments on music more so than album reviews, but its worth a shot.
What is the name of this political forum you mention? I would be curious to see one with a format like that.

Not trying to be off topic or anything, I just don't think I have anything to contribute to this thread, if there's anything left to contribute anyway. Old forum member experiences existential crisis, aspires to Visionary Plan so he won't feel his internet life is so pointless, everyone agrees it's a good idea, idea never gets implemented, etc etc.
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Old 03-18-2010, 03:25 PM   #116 (permalink)
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Actually, a new releases/new box on the front page would be perfect. I get to check out a lot of new releases in the "Albums Your Digging" thread, but sometimes it is just album artwork and no description of the music. If I'm interested, I will look it up...but it would be really convenient to have a ticker on the front page updated by the members...we all pay attention to different music, so with our efforts combined...

You get the idea.
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Old 03-18-2010, 03:42 PM   #117 (permalink)
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because of the thousands of coryallens on the internet, i'm not even kidding nearly every single music forum has like 5 coryallen accounts, it's sad really
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Old 03-18-2010, 06:21 PM   #118 (permalink)
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You get all kinds, but I don't think of musicbanter as particularly bad. Actually, I was surprised how friendly people were when I first signed up.
Are you being serious or ironic? If you're being serious, then it's a shame it has became more unfriendly; but if you're being ironic, yeah I've heard more then one poster say that MB was more "bitchier" back in the day.
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Old 03-18-2010, 07:30 PM   #119 (permalink)
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Meh, I'm a noob and it hasn't seemed particularly friendly to me, but then I don't really help myself to be honest.
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Old 03-19-2010, 01:25 AM   #120 (permalink)
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This forum has some friendly people that I enjoy posting with.

The soul/funk forum doesn't seem to have hardly anyone that will interact, and thats my favorite kind of music.


As for the question, Why message boards go downhill...


I always thought it was because Sysiphus was running them:

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