Yeah, BEA isn't the living, breathing organism it once was without the lounge - but I was always under the impression that it will be coming back shortly?
My biggest qualm about the music forum is that it tends to be a very one sided discussion - all talking and not much listening. Obviously there are a tight-knit collection of users who are very active in providing reccomendations and discussing with each other about lesser-known albums, but most threads are totally void of any real back-and-forth conversation. It needs to be admitted, the 'What ... are you listening to' threads are mostly tools for people to increase their member points. 'of the day' threads are good fun, but usually end up being just lists of people's opinions. The 'first 30 songs that come up' thread is possibly the worst offender. Threads that invite discussion often require users to do a bit of reading and new-opinion-forming, which means those threads rarely hit beyond the 20 response mark, and get buried with the aforementioned threads that don't ask much of the user. This is even more of an issue when you consider that the Music Forum has so many stickies that the frontpage provides almost half the exposure as other forums on the site. I'm not saying it's anyone's fault, I'm guilty of it too (likely more than some), but I've found myself having little reason to come back to BEA when there's no real active discussion taking place.
If we're going to do away with the Longue, or want to reform it, then we first need to think about how we can improve that actual music discussion that's meant to fuel this forum.
Music discussion doesn't come out of the air, folks. Geevy hasn't posted in nearly a month and his ULL idea has still done more to increase the quality of the music forums than most 5-post-a-day regulars. Get off yer lazy asses and come up for new ideas for threads/games/projects/etc.
Also, what's up with the moderation crew? The stickies in the music forum have been a problem for months now and were brought up multiple times, but NOTHING has been done. Unless there's a major shitstorm, I barely ever see a post from most of the mods. I love all you guys, but I'm sensing a lot of apathy here.
And even though I was one of the users that suggested a temporary closing of the lounge, I absolutely oppose it going down permanently. This is a community, ffs. AM's last post in the lounge said it was temporary, though, so we should trust him on that.
Got a PM from AM, and I can confirm the lounge is only temporarily closed. Shutting it forever would just make no sense, and I am strongly opposed to it too.
And I definitely agree with the stickies part. We should have a thread where we can talk about which ones to unsticky so the problem can be solved. Can a normal user do this? If yes, I'll do it. If not, if you're reading this and you're a mod, please start such a thread.
Music discussion doesn't come out of the air, folks. Geevy hasn't posted in nearly a month and his ULL idea has still done more to increase the quality of the music forums than most 5-post-a-day regulars. Get off yer lazy asses and come up for new ideas for threads/games/projects/etc.
Also, what's up with the moderation crew? The stickies in the music forum have been a problem for months now and were brought up multiple times, but NOTHING has been done. Unless there's a major shitstorm, I barely ever see a post from most of the mods. I love all you guys, but I'm sensing a lot of apathy here.
Apologies, I tend to miss requests unless they are posted in the suggestions forum. It's certainly not apathy, more that it's a lot of work looking after the site, and sometimes things get missed. I've unstickied the inactive threads, and moved some others to the new members forum.
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Apologies, I tend to miss requests unless they are posted in the suggestions forum. It's certainly not apathy, more that it's a lot of work looking after the site, and sometimes things get missed. I've unstickied the inactive threads, and moved some others to the new members forum.
I wasn't referring to you, AM, I know you work your butt off for the site. Thanks, though!
That's why I really like the You Must Listen to the Album Below You thread, it requires a bit of back and forth, it is fun...gee, I wonder who created that thread? 😉
That's why I really like the You Must Listen to the Album Below You thread, it requires a bit of back and forth, it is fun...gee, I wonder who created that thread? ;)
I also created that god-awful Member Rank Album thread, which I apologize for.
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