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Captain Spacker · 2011-07-18T14:34:45-04:00

I've just started a blog so I can share my favourite things with other people, I put you on there: Finding good music advice is impossible on the web. Spotify and Lastfm will point out music based on your tastes and critical sites like Kerrang and NME do a good job of telling you about what’s new. Delving into the vast back catalogue of music is a daunting prospect however. This is where some cold, hard math comes into help. BestEverAlbums averages 2,600 charts from critics and joe public to rank albums. I agree solidly with the chart, even if NIN are a bit too low and Bowie is on it a bit much. The website has other lists though for year and bands, if you’re after a good recommendation it’s worth checking out. Neither does it fall into genre bias either *ahem*RollingStonesMagazine*ahem* You can easily make your own list and share it, which is always fun for listophiles like myself, and the forums seem friendly enough. Within days of making my list a little discussion had popped up underneath it. The search doesn't work quite as well you'd like it too and no actual reviews for albums are posted, which is a shame. I can't help but think some dedicated editorials would be nice but that might just be me asking too much. If anything this site is good for settling music arguments and firmly establishing Radiohead as “not just a band I like” Just thought I'd share this and see what you think. There's more at: Captain Spacker Recommends (Edit: URL added)

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purple

fuck it, that site sucks balls compared to this. I can't even get into contact with the fuck that banned me

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purple wrote:

I just paid for an account at somethingaweful to post in the music section (which is damn weak) to try to get people to come over here. within the first thirty minutes however they're all assholes, which should have been expected from that site

I do appreciate the endorsement, thank you. You know, it takes time to build up trust and reputation amongst a new community. I'm guessing if a new user signed up here and their first post was to start promoting another website, unless they presented their argument very well, they would be treated suspiciously as well. (That's different to a senior member here occasionally suggesting another site.)

bork wrote:

I am guessing the world view of the moderators of that site incorporate a tad more "government control" than yours.

BEA tackle this problem differently: new users here cannot post links during their first week, or before they have posted ten times. Most bots will start posting links straght away and if someone signs up to promote something, odds are they won't be bothered to make ten legit posts first. I know it might be a bit unfair on some new users but it keeps the forums spam free (mostly). After this period has elapsed, 99% of the time, all that's left are the kind of people that we want here.

However, if I'd paid $10 to sign up, I'd be just as pi$$ed as purple is if my post had been deleted. I think when you pay for something, the goal-posts move slightly and you are entitled to expect more. (BEA membership is free).

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