Okay in the past week have we not seen a major increase in participation and good threads? Keep it up my homies. :D

The problem with this forum is, there seems to be quite a few lurkers every time I log on, but new posts are so sparse.

One problem that I have hit on here is the sheer bulk of some threads. Perhaps it may be an idea to cut off threads at a certain point to save reading through repetative posts? Its something we use on a forum I'm involved with, there is no fixed page or post limit, but when a natural break occurs - say when thread drift kicks in, repetition becomes endemic, or - on list threads - a certain number of posts is hit, then a new thread is created to make life easier for members to follow.

I dont think MB is going down hill, for that part, but Ive noticed that if your genre & style of music doesnt fit the criteria of the MB forums, then you wont get very much positive response, if you mention bands from the grunge era, for instance, or usually a mainstream band, then most replies are negative ones, this in part, from my point of view, causes alot of newbes not to post at all, if I dont have anything good to say about it, then I dont say anything at all, but this is a music forum open for debate & personal opinions so....long live MB! (Beauty is in the eyes/ears of the beholder)

I felt the same way when I joined here, I felt a lot of negative engery about certain guitar players and bands, so I don't participate as much or what-not. I thought it be better just to reply then make threads, I thought it would be better to contribute to threads, at least it makes MB seem active.

Though there are certain bands that will always get a pretty negative response, I think if someone can back up their opinions with something discussion worthy then it all works out. This is a forum with a pretty high standard for content, so coming in and saying "Limp Bizkit ****ing rocks" is really not enough.

All of this 'people that like rubbish bands' thing is a red herring anyway.

Like Duga says if you back up your opinions instead of throwing your toys out of the pram or start being abusive you won't get picked on.

I happen to like Kiss
Nobody on this forum has ever given me shit for it. even when I first joined when this place was a lot more hostile than it is now.

What about boo boo admitting he likes The Bay City Rollers?
Surely he shouldn't be able to get away with that without a solid raggin'.

I love KISS...just saying.

In theory that is true, but I don't know, eg I thought Eric Clapton and Stevie Ray Vaughn were respectable guitarist to everyone. I am, for the most part, objective about the artist/musicians I like, and I know they're not perfect music-wise for everyone, and I'm objective about what the opinions I read. But I'm more pessimistic, I think it's better to drop a discussion because even though it might be interesting on my part to conitue it. I never know how another person will takes his opinion being rebutted even though I'm postive stance and he is taken a negative stance on an artist/musician/band.